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This
Broadmoor
parrot figure is signed "Brook Forest Inn Colo" in ink and also has one
of the Inn's old
squirrel-on-a-log paper labels.
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The
paper label is just like the envelope mark provided by a past owner of
the Inn. It
partially covered the ink writing and some of the incised markings.
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We
steamed the label off to identify all of the markings
underneath. Regrettably a small amount of the ink and lacquer came off
in
the process and the uncovered incised markings revealed only a rather
ordinary PH Genter mark.
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We
visited the Inn this year and found it had operated a
gift shop from the mid 1930s to the mid 1940s, selling among other
items "pottery made in Colorado Springs".
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The
photo above is the
back of the Inn. |
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The
old Sanborn post card shows the front of the Inn just about as it is
today. |
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The
Brook Forest Inn ad is from a mid 1935
Colorado Hotel Greeters Guide.
It reads "Plan to come and dine with us and you will be impressed with
the simplicity, style and charming beauty of the surroundings." |
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