A stone tower with a flagpole and small spire stands on a wooded slope of Cheyenne Mountain, a stone gateway and pillars in the foreground and the plains opening beyond. The tower is the Will Rogers Shrine of the Sun, completed in 1937 as Spencer Penrose's memorial to Will Rogers, the humorist killed in an Alaska plane crash two years earlier. Penrose, a mining magnate and resort builder, and his wife Julie are entombed in the shrine, which holds a carillon.
Sepia real photo; white border; bottom caption partly cut off but legible: 'Will Rogers Shrine … Colorado Sp…'; light spots. No postmark. Real-photo postcard (Kodak Paper stamp box, divided back; printed headings 'PHOTO POST CARD' and 'ADDRESS'). Publisher Sanborn, series S-1666 in white ink at lower right of image. Handwritten filing notes at top: 'RMLS 42' and 'Colo'. Light foxing/toning along bottom edge; no stamp, no address, no message.
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Will Rogers Shrine, Colorado Springs, CO, circa 1950, postcard, c. 1950. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/will-rogers-shrine-colorado-springs-co-circa-1950. Accessed November 2, 2026.
