Family Grilling Hot Dogs on a Picnic in Colorado's Rocky Mountain Country, 1955
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Picnics have long been packed for family reunions, for camping trips, for road trips. This 1955 photographed staged by Colorado's Department of Public Relations shows picnickers enjoying campstove-cooked hot dogs at a remote Rocky Mountain lake.
Picnics have long been packed for family reunions, for camping trips, for road trips. This 1955 photographed staged by Colorado's Department of Public Relations shows picnickers enjoying campstove-cooked hot dogs at a remote Rocky Mountain lake.
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
1955
Subject Date
1955
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
87.135.1756
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of the Automobile Club of Michigan.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 10 in
Width: 8 in
Inscriptions
stamped on back under paper sheet: Credit line on photo not required providing caption contains the word Colorado. Colorado Department of Public Relations. 40 State Capitol Building, Denver 2, Colo on back in pencil: Colorado typewritten on back: The whole family enjoys an outing in one of the more than 1,300 family areas located in Colorado's Rocky Mountain country. Thousands of miles of trout streams, countless high lakes, brilliant sunshine and incomparable scenery make a Colorado picnic or outing an event to be remembered a long time.
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