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Bishop, California, with Mount Tom in the distance, circa 1940

Subjects
Mountains & HillsTown & City Views
Card type
Linen
Date
c. 1930 (White Border)
Front of Bishop, California, with Mount Tom in the distance, circa 1940, Bishop Drug Co., CA, USA, c. 1930 linen postcard
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Back of Bishop, California, with Mount Tom in the distance, circa 1940, Bishop Drug Co., CA, USA, c. 1930 linen postcard
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About this postcard

A small town of low, dark-roofed houses and a church spire sits on a flat green plain, backed by a screen of tall poplars and cottonwoods, with the snow-streaked mass of Mount Tom rising across the horizon. The caption names the scene as Bishop, California, with Mt. Tom in the distance. Bishop lies in the Owens Valley of Inyo County, a ranching and orchard settlement that became a well-known stop on the Los Angeles Aqueduct story and the eastern gateway to the Sierra Nevada; Mount Tom, over 13,000 feet high, forms the valley's western wall.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

this is the way we look from one of the canyons.

PublisherBishop Drug Co.
© by West Coast Art Co., Los Angeles, Cal. BISHOP, CALIFORNIA, MT. TOM IN THE DISTANCE. --- THIS SPACE FOR WRITING MESSAGES. POST CARD THIS SPACE FOR ADDRESS ONLY. PLACE STAMP HERE A-76254 C.T. AMERICAN ART PUBLISHED BY BISHOP DRUG CO., BISHOP, CALIFORNIA. MADE IN U.S.A.
Addressed to

No address detected

Postcard record

PublisherBishop Drug Co.
ConditionGood
PublisherBishop Drug Co., Bishop, CA
NotesWhite border; visible linen crosshatch texture; copyright line printed within the image at lower left; light edge and corner wear. No postmark. Divided-back private postcard with linen texture and white border; published by Bishop Drug Co., Bishop, California. Message in blue ink written sideways; no address written.

Cite this card

Bishop, California, with Mount Tom in the distance, circa 1940, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/bishop-california-with-mount-tom-in-the-distance-circa-1940. Accessed October 24, 2026.