Drying chili and baking bread at a Pueblo adobe home, American Southwest, circa 1935

Subjects: Native American Life Residences
Card type: Linen
Date: c. 1930 (White Border)

Back of Drying chili and baking bread at a Pueblo adobe home, American Southwest, circa 1935, c. 1930 linen postcard — Back

About this postcard

A flat-roofed adobe house with a shaded porch (portal) on wooden posts fills the scene, long strings of red chili hanging to dry from the roof beams, with a flower-covered tree at right and blue-purple mountains behind. At lower left two women wrapped in dark blankets bend over beehive-shaped outdoor adobe ovens (hornos), baking bread, while a second adobe building with blue-trimmed windows and more chili hangs stands at the left. The card presents a stylized, brightly colored view of Pueblo and Hispanic New Mexican domestic life, where chili ristras dried under the eaves and hornos for baking bread were standard household practice.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Dear Clara & Ben: - Received your good letter. Sorry your health is not good Clara. Wish you were here to sit in our sun Glad you stopped in to see Dad. I am so worried when he is ill and I am far away. Is too bad to get old, but it happens to all. Hope the New Year brings you both health, happiness & prosperity. Affectionately, Remember me to Helen. Florence.

PublisherCurt Teich & Co.

DRYING CHILI (RED PEPPER) AND BAKING BREAD C.31 A PICTURESQUE HOME OF THE SOUTHWEST © J. R. WILLIS 5A-H356 --- Travel as you will in the U. S.—You will be astonished at the beauty of the strange land, the manners and customs of the Native Indians and Mexicans of the Southwest. You feel like you are in a foreign land—in fact some people try to exchange their money into Mexican Pesos. The Indians, like the Mexicans, are lovers of Chili and the Red Peppers are ever in evidence hanging in front of their dwellings. POST CARD THIS SPACE FOR ADDRESS ONLY MADE ONLY BY CURT TEICH & CO., INC., CHICAGO, U.S.A. DISTRIBUTED BY J. R. WILLIS, P. O. BOX 665, ALBUQUERQUE, N. M. C. T. ART COLORTONE

PostmarkedAlbuquerque, NM

Addressed to

Mrs. Clara Phelps

Morris, NY

Postcard record

Postmarked	Albuquerque, NM
Publisher	Curt Teich & Co.
Series	C.31
Condition	Very good
Place addressed	Mrs. Clara Phelps, Morris, NY
Place depicted	Southwest
Publisher	Curt Teich & Co., Chicago, IL
Stamp	1c Benjamin Franklin, green, perforated on all sides
Notes	Linen-textured stock with a white border; Curt Teich production number 5A-H356 at lower right and copyright line running vertically at right edge. Postmark: ALBUQUERQUE N.M. 1938. Linen-era Curt Teich "C.T. Art Colortone" (5A-H356); divided back; white border on front; light edge/corner wear and a small stain at right edge.

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Drying chili and baking bread at a Pueblo adobe home, American Southwest, circa 1935, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/drying-chili-and-baking-bread-at-a-pueblo-adobe-home-america. Accessed October 25, 2026.