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Star auto climbing Lover's Hill, Boulder photograph 1925
Star auto climbing Lover's Hill, Boulder photograph 1925
Call Number
141-2-26
Date
1925
Contents
1 photograph.
Description
A view of a Star automobile near the base of Lover's Hill (after 1945, known as Sunset Hill) in Boulder. A man is standing at a point on the hill marked 39% grade, and a group of men is near the top of the hill, marked 44% grade on the photo. The picture evidently was taken at an exhibition of this car's hill-climbing ability, on 27 June 1925 (Tangen photo #9440)
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With power to spare
With power to spare: Star car at top of Lover's Hill, Boulder photograph, 1925
Call Number
141-2-28
Date
1925
Contents
1 photograph.
Description
A view of a Star automobile at the top of Lover's Hill (after 1945, known as Sunset Hill) in Boulder. A crowd of men is posing near the car on the summit of the hill on 27 June 1925. The picture evidently was taken at an exhibition of this car's ability to climb a grade as steep as 44% (Tangen photo #9442)
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Fred C. Smith
Fred C. Smith: end of world's endurance run photograph, 1927
Call Number
141-3-40
Date
1927
Contents
1 photograph.
Description
A 1927 photograph of an exhausted Fred C. Smith being assisted as he leaves his Star Four Coach automobile in the Carver Brothers garage after driving for 104 hours. Per Tangen's writing on the negative, the vehicle used 1/2 pint of water and 1 pint of oil. A crowd is observing. A rooftop model plane advertises local business sponsors and announces that Smith would be at the Fair in Longmont on Tuesday (Tangen photo #10648).
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Carver Brothers garage exterior
Carver Brothers garage exterior: front view photograph, 1927
Call Number
141-3-21
Date
1927
Contents
1 photograph.
Description
A front view of the exterior of Donald L. Carver's Carver Brothers Motor Company sales office at 1448 Pearl Street, in 1927, showing a weighing scale on the Pearl St. sidewalk next to the Brooklyn Grocery store, and showing pedestrians and cars along the sidewalk on 15th St. straight ahead (Tangen photo #10485)
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Carver Brothers garage exterior
Carver Brothers garage exterior: side view photograph, 1927
Call Number
141-3-20
Date
1927
Contents
1 photograph.
Description
A side view of the exterior of Donald L. Carver's Carver Brothers Motor Company sales office at 1448 Pearl Street, in 1927, showing the billboard, painted by the Ohling Sign Works, on the side of the building at the corner of Pearl on 15th St. The Boulder Flatirons are barely visible behind the garage. (Tangen photo #10484)
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Fred C. Smith
Fred C. Smith: after three hours rest at end of world's record run photograph, 1927
Call Number
141-3-41
Date
1927
Contents
1 photograph.
Description
A 1927 photograph of a weary-eyed Fred C. Smith being helped to sit up from a mattress in the Carver Bros. garage after driving a Star automobile (in the background) for 104 hours in low gear. A crowd is observing. A rooftop model plane advertises local business sponsors and announces that Smith would be at the Fair in Longmont on Tuesday.
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Star car at 44% grade on Lover's Hill, Boulder photograph, 1925
Star car at 44% grade on Lover's Hill, Boulder photograph, 1925
Call Number
141-2-27
Date
1925
Contents
1 photograph.
Description
A view of a Star automobile near the top of Lover's Hill (after 1945, known as Sunset Hill) in Boulder. A crowd of men is near the summit of the hill, observing the vehicle, on 27 June 1925. The picture evidently was taken at an exhibition of this car's ability to climb a grade as steep as 44% (Tangen photo #9441)
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