Desert badlands landscape, circa 1940

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

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

About this postcard

A wide view over eroded, banded badlands: rounded hills and gullies in reds, oranges, purples and blues recede to a low mesa on the horizon under a pale blue sky with light clouds. A clump of desert scrub, possibly ocotillo, rises in the left foreground. The scene resembles the Painted Desert of the American Southwest, though the card carries no printed caption naming the location.

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PublisherCurt Teich & Co.

P.D. 14 PAINTED DESERT, ARIZONA An uninhabitable desert of multi-colored sands which changes in colors throughout the day and with climatic changes. One travels along the rim between Gallup, N. M. and Holbrook where wonderful views may be had from the highway. Its depth is 800 feet or more below the rim and 14 to 40 miles wide and extends to the Grand Canyon country. 5A-H2547 POST CARD THIS SPACE FOR ADDRESS ONLY PLACE ONE CENT STAMP HERE "C.T. ART COLORTONE" MADE ONLY BY CURT TEICH & CO. INC., CHICAGO, U.S.A. COPYRIGHTED & DISTRIBUTED BY J. R. WILLIS, P. O. BOX 615, ALBUQUERQUE, N. M.

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Publisher	Curt Teich & Co.
Condition	Very good
Place mentioned	Painted Desert, AZ
Publisher	Curt Teich & Co., Chicago, IL
Notes	Linen-textured stock with a fine crosshatch grain; thin white border at the edges. No printed text on the front. No postmark — card is unused. Linen-texture C.T. Art-Colortone (Curt Teich production no. 5A-H2547), ca. 1930s–40s; divided back with printed caption on the left half. Slight edge/corner wear, no damage.

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