Eroded desert badlands landscape, circa 1940

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

Back of Eroded desert badlands landscape, circa 1940, Francina Brown, KS, USA, c. 1930 linen postcard — Back

About this postcard

A wide view across arid, heavily eroded badlands: rounded, banded hills in shades of red, orange, ochre and blue-grey recede toward a low mesa on the horizon under a pale, cloud-streaked sky. Sparse desert scrub grows in the foreground wash. The scene is typical of the painted-desert country of the American Southwest, though the card itself carries no printed caption naming the location.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Aug. 17, 1939 Dear Loretta: We have feasted our eyes here for a day. all of the trip has been grand - you should not miss it as it is the trip of a lifetime. Love, Elma

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 COPYRIGHTED & DISTRIBUTED BY J. R. WILLIS, P. O. BOX 665, ALBUQUERQUE, N. M. C.T. ART-COLORTONE DE LUXE" MADE ONLY BY CURT TEICH & CO., INC., CHICAGO, U.S.A.

PostmarkedAlbuquerque, NM, August 17, 1939

Addressed to

Francina Brown

808 W 7th, Pittsburg, KS

Postcard record

Postmarked	August 17, 1939, Albuquerque, NM
Publisher	Curt Teich & Co.
Condition	Very good
Place addressed	Francina Brown, 808 W 7th, Pittsburg, KS
Place mentioned	Gallup, NM
Publisher	Curt Teich & Co., Chicago, IL
Stamp	1c Benjamin Franklin, green, perforated on all sides
Notes	Linen-textured stock with a thin white border; no printed text on the front. Postmark: ALBUQUERQUE N.M. AUG 17 1939. Linen-textured Curt Teich "C.T. Art-Colortone" card (5A-H2547), divided back, white border, 1¢ Franklin stamp; light edge wear and a few foxing spots.

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