PostalPast
← Back to browse

Covered wagon on U.S. 66, Albuquerque, NM, circa 1951

Subject
Trucks & Wagons
Card type
Linen
Date
c. 1951 (Chrome)
Front of Covered wagon on U.S. 66, Albuquerque, NM, circa 1951, Southwest Post Card Co., NM, USA, c. 1951 linen postcard
Front
Back of Covered wagon on U.S. 66, Albuquerque, NM, circa 1951, Southwest Post Card Co., NM, USA, c. 1951 linen postcard
Back

About this postcard

A covered wagon with a white canvas top and a team of oxen is shown in a desert landscape with red hills under a blue sky. The printed caption calls it a prairie schooner and traces the type to the Conestoga wagon built by the Pennsylvania Dutch in the mid-eighteenth century. It says the Prairie Schooner made possible the conquest of the American Far West a century earlier. The caption also places this particular wagon on U.S. 66 after leaving Tijeras Canyon and entering Albuquerque from the east, the route through the Sandia Mountains that brought motorists into the city.

Postcard Details

Message

No message detected

PublisherCurt Teich & Co.
N-35—THE COVERED WAGON PRAIRIE SCHOONER OF THE WEST It was about the middle of the eighteenth century, when the colonial west, namely the Pennsylvania Dutch, produced the Conestoga Wagon with its sturdily built running gear and canvas-covered, boat-like body. It was the descendant of the marvelous wagon, the Prairie Schooner which made possible a hundred years ago, the conquest of the American Far West. This particular covered wagon can be seen on highway U. S. 66 after leaving Tijeras Canyon and entering city of Albuquerque from the east.
Addressed to

No address detected

Postcard record

PublisherCurt Teich & Co.
ConditionVery good
Place mentionedSouthwest Post Card Co., Box 685, Albuquerque, NM
Place mentionedTijeras Canyon, Albuquerque, NM
PublisherChicago, IL
NotesLinen texture; full-bleed image; printed caption 'N-35—THE COVERED WAGON / PRAIRIE SCHOONER OF THE WEST' and descriptive text; no printed border. No postmark. Divided-back linen card; Genuine Curteich-Chicago 'C.T. Art-Colortone' imprint (1C-H168), distributed by Southwest Post Card Co., Box 685, Albuquerque, N.M. No message or address written; only dealer pencil '#59' and '1-' at lower right (stock number and price).

Cite this card

Covered wagon on U.S. 66, Albuquerque, NM, circa 1951, postcard, c. 1951. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/covered-wagon-on-u-s-66-albuquerque-nm-circa-1951. Accessed November 2, 2026.