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A Texan's Map of the United States, circa 1932

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Linen

About this postcard

A comic pictorial map of the United States as a Texan sees it. Texas swells to fill the middle of the continent, with San Antonio and Wichita Falls marked inside its borders, while the rest of the country is squeezed into a narrow band of joke labels such as "Damned Yankee Land" and "Canned Turkey." The humor trades on Texas's reputation for size and pride, a familiar strain in American souvenir and roadside comedy of the 1930s.

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PublisherCURT TEICH & CO., INC.
SeriesTX-10 2C-H851
ConditionVery good
Place depictedTexas, TX
Place depictedSan Antonio, TX
Place depictedWichita Falls, TX
PublisherCURT TEICH & CO., INC., Chicago, IL
NotesLinen texture; no white border; printed in colors; Curt Teich code 2C-H851; TX-10. No postmark, address, or handwritten message — unused card. Printed back: "C. T. GENERAL TEXAS SCENE" along left edge and "GENUINE CURTEICH-CHICAGO 'C.T. ART-COLORTONE' POST CARD (REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.)" along the center divider; "PLACE STAMP HERE" box top right. Divided-back C.T. Art-Colortone era card (front numbered 2C-H851, TX-10); light soiling, no stamp.

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A Texan's Map of the United States, circa 1932, postcard, c. 1932. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/a-texans-map-of-the-united-states-circa-1932. Accessed November 2, 2026.