A dark burro and a lighter gray burro stand side by side on sandy desert ground, with eroded red and ochre buttes and a range of hazy purple mountains behind them under a blue sky. The card's own caption names the pair "Desert Sweethearts," a typical mid-century Western humor title. Burros like these, descended from pack animals of prospectors and miners, became a familiar sight around Southwestern mining towns and later roadside attractions.
Linen-textured stock with visible crosshatch weave; narrow white border; "C. T. Co." (Curt Teich) copyright imprint and job number 4A-H914 in the corners.
Unused card — no postmark, no address, no message. Divided back with 'THIS SPACE FOR WRITING MESSAGES' / 'THIS SPACE FOR ADDRESS ONLY'; linen-textured C.T. Art-Colortone stock with white border; light brown staining near the stamp box.
Cite this card
"Desert Sweethearts" — two burros in a desert landscape, circa 1940, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/desert-sweethearts-two-burros-in-a-desert-landscape-circa-19. Accessed October 24, 2026.
