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Boss Rubber Co. tire station with News-Times press car during one of Pike's Peak early hill climbs

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Call NumberRh-717CreatorRhoads, Harry Mellon, 1880 or 1881-1975Date1915-1920SummaryA Packard Twin Six, used as the Rocky Mountain News press automobile, is stopped at the tire station on the Pikes Peak Highway, Colorado Springs, Colorado. A man stands next to a tire display. A sign tied to a tent reads: "Boss Rubber Co. Tire Station, Tires & Tubes For Sale."Physical Description1 photonegative : glass ; 13 x 18 cm (5 x 7 in.); 1 photoprint : black-and-white ; 13 x 18 cm (5 x 7 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectRocky Mountain NewsColorado Springs (Colo.)Packard automobile--Colorado--Colorado SpringsTire industry--Colorado--Colorado SpringsGeographic AreaColorado Springs (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR700185717Type of MaterialGlass negativesPhotographic printsBlack & white photographsOriginal Material Found in CollectionHarry M. Rhoads photograph collectionNotesFormerly Engle #501090. Title hand-written on back of print. R7001857175DonorMorey Engle

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