Welcome to Colorful Colorado sign at a mountain roadside entrance.
1973 · Colorado, United States
Still image · $49
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Colorado welcome sign with forested slope beyond — Colorado, 1973
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- 1973
- Location
- Colorado, United States
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- Still 2 · 1.80s into the source clip
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1973 Colorado 8mm frame with the state welcome sign centered against a green mountain slope and a pale roadside structure or guardrail in the background.
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Roadside view of the Colorado welcome sign.
1973 · Colorado, United States
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1973 · Colorado, United States
Still image · $49
Source footage and archive context
Colorado USA-1973: Welcome to Colorado Sign at Mountain Entrance
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Source format: Super 8.
Browse the collection: 1973 Colorado.
Date documentation · estimated
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Location documentation · estimated
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Source reel 1382
Reel label: air force academy,cripple creek,cheyne zoo,broadmoor,#2
Year note: 1973
Location note: colorado springs
Period detail
The wooden roadside welcome sign, white block lettering, and warm faded 8mm color may show a 1973 visitor-era view of a Colorado mountain entrance.
Film character
The footage carries visible 8mm grain, soft focus, slight exposure variation, warm color fading, and minor frame-edge darkness consistent with scanned home-movie film.
Historical context
The scene reflects mid-1970s American automobile tourism through a state welcome sign set against mountainous roadside vegetation.
Research note
No people are visible, but the sign text and state identity should still be reviewed for copyright, trademark, and location-use considerations separate from likeness or private-property issues.
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