A Scene in "Old Tucson", Arizona, circa 1940s

Subjects: Amusement Parks Trucks & Wagons
Card type: Linen
Date: c. 1930 (White Border)

Back of A Scene in "Old Tucson", Arizona, circa 1940s, c. 1930 linen postcard — Back

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A staged Western street scene at Old Tucson: a low adobe mission-style building with a cross atop its bell niche stands before desert hills, with a man in cowboy dress beside a wooden wagon and two figures in period costume nearby, a saguaro cactus at right. Old Tucson was built in 1939 as a film set for the Columbia Pictures western "Arizona," using reproductions of 1860s Tucson buildings, and later operated as a tourist attraction and location for numerous Western films and television shows. The linen-textured card dates from the mid-20th century, when the set was a popular roadside attraction outside Tucson.

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PublisherCurt Teich & Co.

A Scene in "Old Tucson", Arizona --- The old pueblo of Tucson as it was in 1859, constructed for the filming of Clarence Budington Kelland's motion picture ARIZONA, has been preserved as a point of interest in Tucson Mountain Park, 12 miles west of the present city. A general store and various other Western shops serve the visitor, and weekly square dances are a popular attraction. POST CARD PLACE STAMP HERE GENUINE CURTEICH-CHICAGO "C.T. ART-COLORTONE" POST CARD (REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.) DISTRIBUTED BY LOLLESGARD SPECIALTY CO., TUCSON AND PHOENIX, ARIZONA

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Publisher	Curt Teich & Co.
Series	T-49
Condition	Very good
Place depicted	Old Tucson, Tucson, AZ
Place mentioned	Tucson, AZ
Place mentioned	Phoenix, AZ
Publisher	Curt Teich & Co., Chicago, IL
Notes	Linen-textured stock with a pale yellow border; printed card numbers "T-49" (upper left) and "OC-H1068" (lower right). No postmark, stamp, or handwriting — unused card. Linen-texture C.T. Art-Colortone era (1930s–40s); divided back with printed caption and stamp box. Light age toning only.

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A Scene in "Old Tucson", Arizona, circa 1940s, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/a-scene-in-old-tucson-arizona-circa-1940s. Accessed October 25, 2026.