An elevated view from Cheyenne Mountain looks down on the Shrine of the Sun, a stone tower set on a wooded ridge, with a winding dirt highway in the foreground and the plains and distant city of Colorado Springs beyond. The tower was completed in 1937 and named for Will Rogers, the humorist and actor who died in a 1935 plane crash. Colorado Springs entrepreneur Spencer Penrose built the shrine, and the road and tower became a scenic landmark above the city.
Black-and-white real-photo postcard; printed caption (Will Rogers' Shrine of the Sun and Highway - Cheyenne Mt. - Colo Springs, Colorado), publisher Sanborn, and series 5-926 in the negative; a few small dark specks; no white border.
No postmark. Real-photo postcard, divided back, Kodak Paper stamp box; no address or message written — only pencil dealer/collector marks ("<$" / "313") on the message side. Front is a full-bleed glossy/matte photo print with no white border.
Cite this card
Will Rogers' Shrine of the Sun, Colorado Springs, CO, circa 1937, postcard, c. 1937. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/will-rogers-shrine-of-the-sun-colorado-springs-co-circa-1937. Accessed November 2, 2026.
