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Pueblo village on a mesa, American Southwest, circa 1940

Subject
Native American Life
Card type
Linen
Date
c. 1930 (White Border)
Front of Pueblo village on a mesa, American Southwest, circa 1940, Laguna, NM, USA, c. 1930 linen postcard
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Back of Pueblo village on a mesa, American Southwest, circa 1940, Laguna, NM, USA, c. 1930 linen postcard
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About this postcard

A cluster of flat-roofed, multi-storied adobe Pueblo buildings sits atop a low rocky mesa, with open scrub-and-sand terrain and a few fenced enclosures and wagons in the foreground beneath a pale turquoise sky. The stepped, earth-colored masonry and timber-framed openings are characteristic of the Pueblo villages of New Mexico and Arizona, such as those at Taos, Acoma, or Zuni, where stacked adobe rooms were built and rebuilt over centuries. No caption identifies the specific pueblo on this card.

Postcard Details

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PublisherCurt Teich & Co.
No. 17--OLD LAGUNA INDIAN PUEBLO, NEW MEXICO A very picturesque old Indian pueblo on the Old Santa Fe Trail highway, 65 mi. west of Albuquerque, N. M. and 100 mi. east of Gallup. They are a branch from the Acoma tribe, who live on their Mesa near The En- chanted Mesa. POST CARD PLACE ONE CENT STAMP HERE 5A-H2541 DISTRIBUTED BY SOUTHWEST POST CARD CO., BOX 685, ALBUQUERQUE, N. M. COPYRIGHTED BY J. R. WILLIS GENUINE CURTEICH-CHICAGO "C.T. ART-COLORTONE" POST CARD (REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.)
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Postcard record

PublisherCurt Teich & Co.
ConditionVery good
Place mentionedOld Laguna Indian Pueblo, Laguna, NM
Place mentionedSouthwest Post Card Co., Box 685, Albuquerque, NM
PublisherCurt Teich & Co., Chicago, IL
NotesLinen-textured stock with visible horizontal ribbing; no printed caption or border text on the front; slight edge wear. No postmark, message, or address — card is unused. Divided-back linen-era Curt Teich production (code 5A-H2541), ca. 1930s–1940s; light toning and faint soiling on the cream stock.

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Pueblo village on a mesa, American Southwest, circa 1940, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/pueblo-village-on-a-mesa-american-southwest-circa-1940. Accessed October 24, 2026.