1045, Switchbacks Climbing Beartooth Mountains on Red Lodge-Cooke City Road to Yellowstone National Park.

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DescriptionView of the switchbacks on the Beartooth Highway in the Beartooth Mountains, Custer National Forest, Montana. Trees and rocks dot the hillsides around the highway and Rock Creek can be seen in the valley below the road. Published by Sanborn Souvenir Co., Denver, Colo. Verso has handwritten message signed by Art and addressed to Lena Hagenstein, Ackley, Iowa. Verso postmarked Aug. 27, 1839, Red Lodge, Mont., with postage stamp affixed with Benjamin Franklin for one cent.TypeImageCreatorFlashman, Forrest L. (Forrest Llewellyn), 1912-1968GenrepostcardsLanguageengDateBetween 1934-1938SubjectCuster National Forest (Mont. and S.D.)Beartooth Mountains (Mont. and Wyo.)Mountain roads--MontanaBeartooth Highway (Mont. and Wyo.)Rock Creek (Carbon County, Mont.)Contributing InstitutionMontana Historical Society Library and ArchivesGeographic CoverageBeartooth Mountains, MontanaDigital CollectionMontana Places Photomechanical Postcard CollectionDigital Formatimage/tiffPhysical CollectionMontana Places Photomechanical Postcard Collection (PC 001)Physical Dimensions1 photomechanical print : color, postcard mount ; 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.Digitization SpecificationCreated with a DT Atom lighting system using a Canon 5DS camera. Images saved as TIFF files with 6000 pixels on the long side. B&W negs saved as Grayscale files; all prints and color film saved as RGB files. All adjustments made in Adobe products.Date Digitized2025-05-06Photo NumberPC 001 BEAR-sw.03eLocal Identifierp0013461; p0013461vReproductionTo order a reproduction, visit our webpage at https://mths.mt.gov/Research/services/repros/photodigital or contact Montana Historical Society Photograph Archives: (406) 444-4739 / photoarchives@mt.gov.Contact UsFor additional information about our collections or to suggest a keyword or share what you know about this item, email us at photoarchives@mt.gov. Please include the Photo Number in your note to us.

CollectionMontana Places Photomechanical Postcard Collection

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