A stone watch tower at the Manitou Cliff Dwellings near Manitou Springs, Colorado. The tower is built of stacked stone with small square openings, set against dark rock or shadow. The dwellings are a reconstructed Ancestral Puebloan site, assembled in the early 1900s from structures moved from southwestern Colorado, and the tower became one of the attraction's landmarks.
Caption handwritten in the negative on front: 'WATCH TOWER - MANITOU CLIFF DWELLINGS', signed 'Sanborn' with number 'S-1668'. No postmark. Divided-back real-photo (EKC) card, ca. 1930-1950; glossy surface, no white border. Pencil dealer notation 'RMLJ #2-' at top of back; back has printed headings 'POST CARD', 'CORRESPONDENCE', 'ADDRESS', and 'PLACE STAMP HERE'.
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Watch Tower, Manitou Cliff Dwellings, Colorado, circa 1930, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/watch-tower-manitou-cliff-dwellings-colorado-circa-1930. Accessed November 2, 2026.
