A wide, tree-lined avenue in Colorado Springs stretches toward a large building with red-roofed towers, with snow-capped Pikes Peak rising in the distance. A horse-drawn carriage travels the broad unpaved street.
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pen
Dear Margaret.
Nov. 8, 1903.
Raton New Mexico
We left
Saturday night
for Los Angeles
where we will
spend the
winter. We
saw Pikes Peak
and Spanish
Peaks this morning
and they were
capped with snow. not quite as much as in this
view we are right in the midst of the grandest
scenery through which we pass.
I will write you soon
Mama
we have just slid
4000 ft. in 6 miles
Undivided back era; handwritten message written on the front over and beside the picture; white border; light soiling, corner wear and a small crease at upper right.
Postmark: [illegible] NOV 11 1903 ARIZ. (stamp tied by a circular ARIZ. cancel); receiving mark: GRAND HAVEN, MICH. NOV 13 1903 9:30 AM. Undivided back ('THIS SIDE FOR THE ADDRESS.'), white border, 1901 copyright by Detroit Photographic Co., toned card with stains and foxing; handwritten '1894' notation, likely a collector's marking.
Cite this card
Pike's Peak Avenue, Colorado Springs, CO, 1903, postcard, c. 1903. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/pikes-peak-avenue-colorado-springs-co-1903. Accessed November 2, 2026.
