Drying chili and baking bread at an adobe home, Southwest, 1938

Subjects: Native American Life Residences
Card type: Linen
Date: c. 1938 (Linen)

Back of Drying chili and baking bread at an adobe home, Southwest, 1938, c. 1938 linen postcard — Back

About this postcard

An adobe house with a shaded portal on wooden posts fills the scene, strings of red chili hanging to dry from the roof beams. A flower-covered tree stands at right, with blue-purple mountains behind. At lower left, two women wrapped in dark blankets bend over beehive-shaped outdoor adobe ovens, or hornos, baking bread; a second adobe building with blue-trimmed windows and more hanging chili stands at left. The printed caption calls the scene "A Picturesque Home of the Southwest" and notes that chili peppers hang in front of Native and Mexican dwellings, a common household practice in the region.

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 so far away. It's 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 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 homes, 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 5A-H356
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 "© J. R. Willis" running vertically at right edge. Postmark: ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., 1938. Linen-era Curt Teich "C.T. Art Colortone" (5A-H356), distributed by J. R. Willis, P. O. Box 665, Albuquerque, N. M.; divided back; white border on front; light edge/corner wear and a small stain at right edge; faint pencil cursive note along left edge.

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Drying chili and baking bread at an adobe home, Southwest, 1938, postcard, c. 1938. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/drying-chili-and-baking-bread-at-an-adobe-home-southwest-193. Accessed November 2, 2026.