Colorful banded badlands landscape, circa 1940

Subject: Mountains & Hills
Card type: Linen
Date: c. 1930 (White Border)

Back of Colorful banded badlands landscape, circa 1940, Painted Desert, AZ, USA, c. 1930 linen postcard — Back

About this postcard

An elevated view over a wide expanse of eroded badlands, with vividly banded hills and buttes in reds, oranges, yellows, greens and blues beneath a pale blue sky with scattered clouds. The strong horizontal grain of the paper and the saturated, slightly poster-like palette are typical of mid-century American linen postcards, which often exaggerated the colors of western desert scenery. No caption or imprint is visible on the picture side to identify the exact locality.

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PublisherCurt Teich & Co.

P. D. 15—THE PAINTED DESERT, ARIZONA An uninhabitable desert of multi-colored sands, rock and petrified wood interspersed with fantastic erosions—rolling hills of soft toned colors of yellow and green, whose crests are often tipped with black, giving the appearance of having been charred. Looking down upon it from the rim, your imagination might suggest a huge melting pot used by some mighty worker of metals—leaving the remnants ever to glitter in the sun. DISTRIBUTED AND COPYRIGHTED BY J. R. WILLIS, P.O. BOX 665, ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. GENUINE CURTEICH-CHICAGO "C.T. ART-COLORTONE" POST CARD (REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.) POST CARD PLACE ONE CENT STAMP HERE 5A-H2548

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Publisher	Curt Teich & Co.
Condition	Very good
Place mentioned	Painted Desert, AZ
Publisher	Curt Teich & Co., Chicago, IL
Notes	Linen texture clearly visible across the image; no white border; no printed caption or imprint on the front. Unmailed, no postmark. Divided-back linen-texture card, Curteich "C.T. Art-Colortone" (card no. 5A-H2548), ca. 1930s–40s; light soiling and toning on the back.

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Colorful banded badlands landscape, circa 1940, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/colorful-banded-badlands-landscape-circa-1940. Accessed October 25, 2026.