The entertainers on stage at Elkhorn/Estes Park, Pete Smythe with Rex Allen
Summary
Pete Smythe, a radio personality, an unidentified woman, and Rex Allen, cowboy actor and singer, stand in front of a microphone on an open air stage at the Elkhorn Lodge in Estes Park (Larimer County), Colorado, during a Roundup Riders of the Rockies event. Rex Allen wears a print western cut shirt, pants with decorative stitching, a tooled leather belt and holster with a pistol, and decorated cowboy boots; he holds a cowboy hat in his hand. Pete Smythe wears a striped western shirt and a bolo tie. The woman wears cropped pants, a neckerchief and a narrow brimmed cowboy hat. A pickup truck has the 3R logo painted on the door.
Date
1954 July
Notes
Handwritten on verso of photographic print: "Pete Smythe."; Label on photographic print reads "141."; Title and identification from printed inventory titled: "Roundup Riders of the Rockies, pictorial history" prepared by Steve Matthews.; Typed label on verso of print reads: "The entertainers, Pete Smythe, Rex Allen."; R7110072602
Description
1 photographic print ; 25 x 20 cm. (10 x 8 in.)
Subject
Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; Radio broadcasters--Colorado--Estes Park--1950-1960.; Estes Park (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Actors--Colorado--Estes Park--1950-1960.; Organizations--Colorado--1950-1960.; Women--Colorado--Estes Park--1950-1960.; Allen, Rex, 1924-; Smythe, Pete, 1911-
Source
Steve Matthews; gift; July 14, 1999.
Rights Statement
Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
