Back in Time | Aspen

“Lions Club starts thinking of post-war era and prosperity,” The Aspen Times declared on May 18, 1944. “[The] Lions club at its regular meeting in Hotel Jerome Monday night began consideration of the problem of providing airport facilities for the airborne tourists which are expected to come vacationing in increasingly larger numbers in the post-war period. Attention was called to the increasing interest in aviation; the large number of aviators trained in the war who will one day be added to civilian lists, the promise of many leading manufacturers to have on sale at low cost, touring planes, so practical that they can be flown after very little instruction; the desire of Americans everywhere to relax and take long-needed rests after the hard drive of several years of war- all these factors indicated that Aspen should provide facilities for this new group of tourists. President Beck called attention to the forthcoming election of Lions Club officers, and Chairman Woodall of the War Bond drives called members’ attention to the date of the Free War Bond show, which will be held here on the afternoon of Saturday, June 17.” 

“Back in Time” is contributed by Aspen Historical Society and features excerpted articles and images from past Snowmass Sun/Aspen Times issues. We can’t rewrite history, but we can learn from it! Visit archiveaspen.org to view the vast Aspen Times photographic collection in the AHS Archives.