The view looks down the Royal Gorge of the Arkansas River, where a single-track railroad runs along a narrow ledge between towering red granite walls and the water. The Hanging Bridge spans the river in the middle distance, a steel deck-girder span carrying the Denver & Rio Grande line through the canyon. That route was completed in the late 1870s after a bitter right-of-way fight with the Santa Fe, and the gorge became one of Colorado's most photographed railroad sights in the early 1900s.
Color lithograph with visible halftone dot texture; scuffing, staining and paper loss along the right edge; card number 204 printed above the caption.
Postmark: DENVER, COLO. DEC 16 7:30 AM 1908. Divided-back card with "This space for writing messages" / "This space for address only"; vertical imprint "Published by F. H. Langdon & Company, Denver, Colo. Made in U.S.A." Light toning and soiling; 1c Franklin stamp with wavy cancel.
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Hanging Bridge, Royal Gorge, CO, 1908, postcard, c. 1908. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/hanging-bridge-royal-gorge-co-1908. Accessed November 2, 2026.
