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Meadows and wooded hills, Big Horn Mountains, WY, 1954

Subjects
Forests & TreesMountains & Hills
Card type
Linen
Date
c. 1954 (Chrome)
Front of Meadows and wooded hills, Big Horn Mountains, WY, 1954, Mr & Mrs Ela., PA, USA, c. 1954 linen postcard
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Back of Meadows and wooded hills, Big Horn Mountains, WY, 1954, Mr & Mrs Ela., PA, USA, c. 1954 linen postcard
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About this postcard

Looking down from a high point in the Big Horn Mountains, the view takes in open meadows and wooded hills across a rolling summit plateau. A pale road, U.S. 16, winds through the green country toward layered blue ridges and a soft pink-and-blue sky. The Big Horns form a high range in north-central Wyoming, and U.S. 16 crosses them as a route between the Great Plains and the Bighorn Basin. In the 1950s this was part of a common motor trip toward Yellowstone, and the sender's note records just such a crossing, with a case of nerves before continuing on.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Hi Folks. Crossed Big Horn Mts. to day. I sure had butter fly in my tummy. Going to Yellow Stone Thursday. Wonderful trip sure is hot. wish I was home Riva & Ed.

PublisherSanborn Souvenir Co.
1241—MEADOWS AND WOODED HILLS AT THE SUMMIT OF THE BIG HORN MOUNTAINS, WYO. HIGHWAY U. S. 16 Much of the high country of the Big Horns is a rolling and hilly plateau with open meadows, beautifully wooded hills, inter- spersed with numerous cañons.
PostmarkedCody, WY, August 26, 1954
Stamp
Addressed to
Mr & Mrs Ela.

Boxwood Ford City, PA

Postcard record

Postmarked, Cody, WY
PublisherSanborn Souvenir Co.
Series1241
ConditionGood
Place addressedMr & Mrs Ela., Boxwood, Ford City, PA
Place mentionedBig Horn Mountains, WY
PublisherSanborn Souvenir Co., Chicago, IL
Stamp2c George Washington, red, perforated on all sides
Stamp2c John Adams, red, perforated on all sides
NotesLinen-textured stock with a narrow white border; light corner and edge wear. Faint reversed text near the top edge is show-through from writing on the back, not a printed caption. Postmark: CODY, WYO. AUG 26 -AM (year "1954" written above the cancel). Linen-texture Curt Teich "C.T. Art-Colortone" card, divided back, 2¢ red stamp; light edge wear, otherwise clean.

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Meadows and wooded hills, Big Horn Mountains, WY, 1954, postcard, c. 1954. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/meadows-and-wooded-hills-big-horn-mountains-wy-1954. Accessed November 2, 2026.