Antique Glenwood Springs, CO Swimming Pool, Mormon Tabernacle SLC UT Photographs
Photographs are glued to a piece of sturdy cardboard, one on each side. Cardboard is tearing at edges (see photos), and is yellowed a little due to age.
First Photograph:
The Hotel Colorado and Swimming Pool, built in 1893 by Walter Devereux in Glenwood Springs, known for its healing hot springs.
"The hotel has been used as a temporary White House, as a place of healing for the U.S. Navy during the World War II years, and a community focal point from its inception.
Despite the fact that Glenwood Springs is nearly a thousand miles from the nearest ocean, the hotel was leased to the United States Navy for use as a hospital. Named the US Naval Convalescent Hospital, it was commissioned on July 5, 1943 and served patients until the end of the war. By the time it was decommissioned in 1946, over 6,500 patients had passed through its doors.
According to Bill Kight, Executive Director of the Glenwood Springs Historical Society, the hotel wasn’t just a hospital. A quirk in naval law requires that any location where sailors are stationed also requires a naval prison known as a brig, and the Hotel Colorado was no exception. A room in the basement held eight prisoner cells, only five by seven feet. All evidence of the brig is now gone, but some Glenwood Springs residents claim that the bars were in place as late as 1974."
Condition: A little yellowed and wrinkles, with a little tear on the bottom right corner, but otherwise looking good!
Second Photograph:
Interior of Mormon Tabernacle, showing great organ of 12,000 pipes.
Condition: Faded and yellowed, with some wear to edges. Otherwise looks good!
Both pictures measure about 8" x 5", with the cardboard measuring about 10" x 6.75"
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