A paved highway winds through wooded slopes of the Blue Ridge Mountains at sunset, its outer edge marked by white guard posts. The road curves out of the foreground and disappears into the hills under a sky streaked with orange and blue. The caption names the route as U.S. Highway No. 74, one of the mountain crossings that brought automobile tourists into the Blue Ridge in the early twentieth century.
Linen texture; white border; printed caption and series number 28659 in margins.
No postmark, stamp, address, or message — unused card. Divided-back linen-era card with crosshatch texture; dealer pencil price "112 / 2.00" at top left. Publisher imprint along left edge: Published by Asheville Post Card Co., Asheville, N. C.; also MADE IN USA. Front caption: "419: -SUNSET SCENE, U.S.HIGHWAY NO.74 CROSSING THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS" (front not cataloged).
Cite this card
Sunset scene, U.S. Highway 74, Blue Ridge Mountains, circa 1930, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/sunset-scene-u-s-highway-74-blue-ridge-mountains-circa-1930. Accessed November 2, 2026.
