Promoting The Parks: Images, Brochures And Postcards Of Estes Park And Rocky Mountain National Park
Save To Your Calendar:
|
|
|
|
date:Thursday, August 21, 2008
time:11:00 AM to 3:00 PM
venue:Byers-Evans House Museum
address:1310 Bannock Street
Denver, CO 80204
View map
from:Byers Evans House Museum
Mountain and Meadow: Historical Art and Photography in the Estes Park Area :
Soon after its documented 1859 discovery and settlement by pioneer Joel
Estes, Estes Park was visited by both tourists and adventurers. Those
with an eye to reproducing its unique natural beauty and attractions
put hand and camera, pen and paintbrush to the task. Artists and
photographers came to live and visit, as well as to record and
interpret the park's wonders. Railroads and regional communities
advertised their proximity to it, and began promoting Estes as a
destination. This trend continued with the expansion of wagon and auto
roads west over the Continental Divide to other resort communities.
This exhibit will provide examples of the history of photography and
art in the Estes Park area, from the 1870s to the contemporary period.
Paintings, photographs, postcards, and brochures are drawn from the
collection of William Scott.
Promoting the Park: Historic Brochures and Postcards :
After several years of intense lobbying by Enos Mills and his friends,
the U.S. Congress declared the area north and west of Estes Park as the
tenth national park, Rocky Mountain National Park, in September of
1915. Railroads and chambers of commerce had long promoted the Estes
Park area to tourists. After gaining National Park status, the
Department of the Interior also began promoting Rocky Mountain National
Park to the new visitors who came via the railroads and automobile.
This exhibit, drawn from the collection of Bobbie Heisterkamp, features
brochures and ephemera from the early 1900s, as well as postcards
published to promote Estes Park and Rocky Mountain National Park. Many
of the images are of buildings and natural features that no longer
exist. Travel back to the 1920s, and view the promotional materials
that lured tourists to the park for the first time.
Location :
Byers-Evans House Gallery.
Cost :
Admission is free.
category:Arts and Entertainment
website:Click to visit the site
Sponsored Links
For more information about what's going on around Denver, CO we invite you to tour the site and participate on the shared Denver Events Calendar by adding your organization's community events.
|
