Seattle Citroën
Photo Sleuths #7
NEW 2/2026
Have a vintage photo of a Citroën in the USA or Canada? Send it in and we will see what we can learn about it!
TROIS RIVIERES, QUEBEC, ~1969
I struggled with this one for years and just couldn’t figure it out. But recently someone posted some information about the photo that helped narrow it down...a bit. Also, a much higher resolution version of the photo emerged that helped me read the signage. It turns out that the hotel in the photo was called, Hôtel des Trois-Rivières, located near the waterfront on Boulevard Des Forges in Trois Rivieres, Quebec. The entire area has been massively redeveloped, making it impossible to see anything at all familiar in the current view.
Google street view
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I see late 1960’s cars, and I discovered that Restaurant Richer (barely visible on the signage) opened in 1968 at 34 Rue Des Forges. This means that the photo is likely from the very late 1960’s. I am going to guess 1969.
RED ROCKS ROAD, COLORADO, EARLY 1960's
The only thing that is known about this photo is that it was from Ivan Frank's collection. Ivan was a Citroën dealer from the Denver area in the 1960's. My approach was to explore the roads in national parks near Denver using Google Street View. After an embarrassing number of hours, I finally found it: Red Rocks Park Road in Red Rocks Park in Colorado (exactly 3 miles [4.8 km] north of Morrisson, Colorado).
Google street view
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The car is almost certainly Ivan’s ID19 #77 that he had prepared to be a rally car. Based on other photos of his car, it is a 1959-1961 ID19, using the first-generation nose and the unique rear reflectors on the rear fenders as clues. I have no idea when the photo was taken, but based on Ivan's career, it is probably from the early 1960's.