Death Valley desert landscape, California, circa 1940

Subjects: Mountains & Hills National & State Parks
Card type: Linen
Date: c. 1930 (White Border)

Back of Death Valley desert landscape, California, circa 1940, c. 1930 linen postcard — Back

About this subject

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, all under a warm orange and pink sky.

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

Addressed to

Lillie Habers

242 Judson St., Lawrence, S.S.

Postcard record

Postmarked	November 21, 1943, 21:00, Los Angeles, CA
Series	893
Condition	Very good
Place addressed	Lillie Habers, 242 Judson St., Lawrence
Place depicted	Death Valley, CA
Place mentioned	Death Valley, CA
Publisher	Los Angeles, CA
Stamp	1c Statue of Liberty, green
Notes	Linen-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 BONDS AND STAMPS' slogan cancel; 1c Statue of Liberty defense stamp; light edge wear and slight toning.

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Death Valley desert landscape, California, circa 1940, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/death-valley-desert-landscape-california-circa-1940. Accessed October 5, 2026.