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Hibbard's, Colorado Springs

The business was founded in 1892 by Cassius Ayers Hibbard and operated for over 100 years to 1996. The five-storey building at 17-19 S. Tejon Street (on the site of the original store and the building next door) opened on 16 December 1914 and was 50 feet wide and 190 feet long. Thirty-two Lamson No. 9 basket carriers ("a modern package carrier system") were installed then. In the early 1920s they were replaced by a pneumatic tube system. The photographs are included by kind permission of the Hibbard family.

Shop window
Exterior of the store at the time of opening	Exterior now
The original basket system	A closer view of the basket system
Close-up of a basket car and propulsion	Close-up of a pneumatic tube terminal
The terminal in its surroundings	l An unusual terminal in a rectangular housing
The tube room ca 1980 with Robert Hibbard senior	The tube room ca 1990