Large Petrified Log, Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona

Subjects: Forests & Trees National & State Parks
Card type: Chrome
Date: c. 1945 (Linen)

Back of Large Petrified Log, Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, c. 1945 chrome postcard — Back

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A large, reddish-brown boulder balances on a narrow base in a dry, scrubby landscape under a blue sky with scattered white clouds.

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PublisherSouthwest Post Card Co.

K.128—LARGE PETRIFIED LOG IN PETRIFIED FOREST NATIONAL PARK, ARIZONA This National Park, established by President Theodore Roosevelt on Dec. 8th, 1906, contains the greatest and most colorful concentration of Petrified Wood known in the world. At the Rainbow Forest Museum, exhibits include beautiful polished sections of Agatized Wood, Fossil, Reptiles and Amphibian Skulls, Bones and Teeth. KODACHROME BY CAPLIN & THOMPSON DISTRIBUTED BY SOUTHWEST POST CARD CO., ALBUQUERQUE, N. M. CURTEICHCOLOR® 3-D NATURAL COLOR REPRODUCTION (REG. U.S.A. PAT. OFF.) POST CARD PLACE STAMP HERE 2C-K110

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Condition	Very good
Place mentioned	Petrified Forest National Park, AZ
Publisher	Southwest Post Card Co., Albuquerque, NM
Notes	No printed text or border visible; chrome-era color photo postcard with high saturation. No postmark, stamp, address, or handwritten message — back is entirely printed. Divided-back chrome-era card (Curt Teich Colorchrome 3-D), ca. 1950s-60s; distributor imprint and printed caption only. Front shows no white border.

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Large Petrified Log, Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, postcard, c. 1945. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/large-petrified-log-petrified-forest-national-park-arizona. Accessed October 5, 2026.