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Death Valley desert landscape, California, 1943

Subjects
Mountains & HillsNational & State Parks
Card type
Linen
Date
c. 1943 (Linen)
Front of Death Valley desert landscape, California, 1943, c. 1943 linen postcard
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About this postcard

A wide desert vista in Death Valley at sunset, with low rugged mountains in the distance and a foreground slope covered with pale flowering desert shrubs under a warm orange and pink sky. The printed caption presents the valley as a place of extremes, from 280 feet below sea level to 11,045 feet above, where desert meets towering mountains. It also notes the Jayhawkers, a party lost while seeking a shortcut to the California gold fields, whose ordeal gave Death Valley its name.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Dear Aunt Lillie I am [illegible] writing this from having a fine time of your loving Lawrence

PublisherLongshaw Card Co.
893. DEATH VALLEY, CALIFORNIA --- Death Valley boasts of the greatest contrasts in the country. Elevations from 280 feet below sea level to 11,045 feet above, flaming desert to towering mountains. Its history is as fascinating as its weird and colorful scenery. Here may be traced practically all divisions of geological time and pre-historical wild life, also the route of the Jayhawkers, the party which became lost while seeking a short cut to the gold fields of California, and thereby gave Death Valley its name. MANUFACTURED BY LONGSHAW CARD CO., LOS ANGELES, CALIF.
PostmarkedLos Angeles, CA, November 21, 1943, 21:00
Stamp
Addressed to
Miss Lillie Habers

242 Undon St Lummus, SC

Postcard record

Postmarked, Los Angeles, CA
PublisherLongshaw Card Co.
Series893
ConditionVery good
Place addressedMiss Lillie Habers, 242 Undon St, Lummus, SC
Place depictedDeath Valley, CA
Place mentionedDeath Valley, CA
PublisherLongshaw Card Co., Los Angeles, CA
Stamp1c Statue of Liberty, green, perforated on all sides
Stamp3c Statue of Liberty, purple, perforated on all sides
NotesLinen-textured stock with a white border; printed number 893 at upper left. Postmark: LOS ANGELES CALIF. NOV 21 9 PM 1943. Linen-era divided-back card with white border; WWII 'BUY WAR SAVINGS BONDS AND STAMPS' slogan cancel; 1c Statue of Liberty 'Industry Agriculture for Defense' stamp; light edge wear and slight toning.

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Death Valley desert landscape, California, 1943, postcard, c. 1943. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/death-valley-desert-landscape-california-1943. Accessed November 2, 2026.