Drying chili (red pepper) and baking bread at an adobe home, American Southwest, circa 1940

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

Back of Drying chili (red pepper) and baking bread at an adobe home, American Southwest, circa 1940, Southwest Post Card Co., NM, USA, c. 1930 linen postcard — Back

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A color view of a Southwestern adobe dwelling with a covered porch, strings of red chili peppers hanging from the roof beams to dry. Two figures in blankets tend round outdoor ovens (hornos) at left, while a tree and flowering plants frame the right side, with mountains in the background.

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PublisherCurt Teich & Co.

DRYING CHILI (RED PEPPER) AND BAKING BREAD 31 A PICTURESQUE HOME OF THE SOUTHWEST 5A-H356 © J. R. WILLIS --- 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 PLACE STAMP HERE DISTRIBUTED BY SOUTHWEST POST CARD CO., BOX 685, ALBUQUERQUE, N. M. GENUINE CURTEICH-CHICAGO "C. T. ART-COLORTONE" POST CARD (REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.)

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Series	5A-H356
Condition	Very good
Place mentioned	Southwest Post Card Co., Box 685, Albuquerque, NM
Publisher	Curt Teich & Co., Chicago, IL
Notes	Linen-textured stock with visible crosshatch grain; white border along bottom edge; printed card number 31 and 5A-H356. No postmark; unused divided-back C.T. Art-Colortone linen card. Printed ad copy and Curt Teich/Southwest Post Card Co. imprints on back; dealer pencil '#59' lower right.

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Drying chili (red pepper) and baking bread at an adobe home, American Southwest, circa 1940, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/drying-chili-red-pepper-and-baking-bread-at-an-adobe-home-am. Accessed October 5, 2026.