Welcome Arch, Denver, Colorado, 1908

Subjects: Monuments & Memorials Street Scenes Town & City Views
Card type: Government postal card
Date: c. 1908 (Golden Age)

Back of Welcome Arch, Denver, Colorado, 1908, c. 1908 postal card postcard — Back

About this postcard

An ornamental arch spans a downtown Denver street, its top lettered "WELCOME" and its inner curve "WELCOME TO DENVER." Pedestrians, horse-drawn vehicles, and a streetcar pass beneath it, with brick commercial blocks lining the street behind. Denver hosted the Democratic National Convention in 1908, and the arch served as a civic welcome; it stood downtown until the early 1930s. A note signed "Papa" mentions chocolate causing "high jinks" in Arvada, a town northwest of Denver.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Denver Dec 15-08 from Papa This chocolate caused Arvada high jinks Papa

PostmarkedDENVER, December 16, 1908, 03:30

Addressed to

Miss Charlotte Baur

Beghbous Amesbury, MA

Postcard record

Postmarked	December 16, 1908, 03:30, DENVER
Publisher	Williamson-Haffner Co.
Series	1671
Condition	Good
Place addressed	Miss Charlotte Baur, Beghbous, Amesbury, MA
Place depicted	Welcome Arch, Denver, CO
received	Denver
Stamp	1c Benjamin Franklin, Scott #300, green, issued 1903
Stamp	2c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1907
Notes	Color-tinted lithograph with white border; light edge wear and small surface stains at top; card number 1671 printed at lower left. Postmark: DENVER DEC 16 1908 3:30 AM; separate receiving mark: Denver Rec 1/5-08. Divided back with "This Space Can Be Used for a Written Message."; Williamson-Hafner Co. publisher imprint; light edge wear and toning.

Cite this card

Welcome Arch, Denver, Colorado, 1908, postcard, c. 1908. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/welcome-arch-denver-colorado-1908. Accessed November 2, 2026.