Welcome sign along a Colorado mountain road.
1973 · Colorado, United States
Still image · $49
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Colorado welcome sign from the roadside — Colorado, 1973
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- Catalog year
- 1973
- Location
- Colorado, United States
- Image
- Still 2 · 1.80s into the source clip
- License
- Editorial only
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1973 8mm frame showing the Welcome to Colorful Colorado sign from a slightly shifted angle, with wooden supports, roadside signage, and a wooded hillside in the background.
The source is catalogued as 8mm home movie. This frame appears 1.80 seconds into the clip. Watch the source footage below to see the surrounding action.
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Source footage and archive context
Colorado USA-1973: Welcome to Colorado Sign and Mountain Road
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Source format: Super 8.
Browse the collection: 1973 Colorado.
Date documentation · estimated
Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location documentation · estimated
Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Source reel 1382
Reel label: air force academy,cripple creek,cheyne zoo,broadmoor,#2
Year note: 1973
Location note: colorado springs
Period detail
The rustic roadside welcome sign, soft color palette, and home-movie framing support the supplied 1973 context without adding more specific landmark claims.
Film character
The 8mm scan shows visible grain, mild color fading, soft focus, gate edges, and slight handheld instability that read as original home-movie texture.
Historical context
The footage reflects a leisure travel view of Colorado through roadside signage and mountain scenery, with no people visible in the sampled frames.
Research note
The state welcome sign text and graphic mark should be reviewed as visible signage or branding, while no likeness releases appear implicated from the provided frames.
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Yes. The source clip is “Colorado USA-1973: Welcome to Colorado Sign and Mountain Road”. Its page includes the video preview and the archive’s source and licensing information.
