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Colorful banded badlands landscape, circa 1940

Subject
Mountains & Hills
Card type
Linen
Date
c. 1930 (White Border)
Front of Colorful banded badlands landscape, circa 1940, J. R. Willis, NM, USA, c. 1930 linen postcard
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Back of Colorful banded badlands landscape, circa 1940, J. R. Willis, NM, USA, c. 1930 linen postcard
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About this postcard

A wide view of eroded badlands: a foreground of soft blue-grey, rain-grooved slopes rising to a low ridge banded in vivid reds, oranges, yellows and purples beneath a pale blue sky. The vivid, slightly exaggerated coloring and crosshatched texture are typical of mid-century American linen-finish view cards of western scenic wonders such as the Painted Desert. No caption or place name is printed on the picture side, so the exact locality is not identified on the card itself.

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PublisherCurt Teich & Co.
P. F. 40—EVENING SHADOWS PAINTED DESERT AND BLUE FOREST, ARIZONA Weird, fantastic, gorgeous, awe inspiring and beautiful are but few of the adjectives applied to the views of the Painted Desert or Petrified Forest region; particularly at sunset during the rainy season. The great distance of the view, the stillness of the desert, the blue and purple shadows in their intensity cast a spell upon the observer at the sight of this great phenomenon. POST CARD PLACE ONE CENT STAMP HERE 5A-H2545 COPYRIGHTED & DISTRIBUTED BY J. R. WILLIS, BOX 665, ALBUQUERQUE, N. M. GENUINE CURTEICH-CHICAGO "C.T. ART-COLORTONE" POST CARD (REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.)
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PublisherCurt Teich & Co.
ConditionGood
Place mentionedJ. R. Willis, Box 665, Albuquerque, NM
Place mentionedAZ
PublisherCurt Teich & Co., Chicago, IL
NotesLinen (crosshatch) texture; thin white border at top edge; small copyright-style mark in lower right corner; no printed caption on front. No postmark. Unused divided-back Curt Teich linen "C.T. Art-Colortone" card (5A-H2545), ca. 1930s-40s; light soiling, no damage.

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