The view looks up a narrow, steep-walled rock gorge, with a stream tumbling over ice-covered boulders in the foreground and conifers clinging to the slopes. The scene is Toltec Gorge, a canyon in the San Juan Mountains of southern Colorado, cut by the Rio de los Pinos near the New Mexico line. In the early 1900s the Denver & Rio Grande's narrow-gauge San Juan Extension ran through the gorge, and the railroad's passage along the rock wall made it a noted scenic stretch of mountain travel.
No white border; visible halftone dot pattern typical of early color litho cards; light edge and corner wear.
No postmark. Divided-back private postcard with green 'POST CARD' imprint, Colorado Selling Co. (Denver, Colo.) distributor logo (green horseshoe and columbine emblem) at upper left, O. T. Photochrom photo credit printed vertically along divider, and a one-cent/two-cent stamp box for U.S., island possessions, Cuba, Canada, Mexico and foreign. Light soiling and corner wear; no stamp or cancellation.
Cite this card
Toltec Gorge, Colorado, circa 1907, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/toltec-gorge-colorado-circa-1907. Accessed November 2, 2026.
