The card pictures the Temple of Osiris, a cluster of red-orange hoodoo spires and fins rising above the pale, eroded walls of a canyon amphitheater, with forested slopes and distant blue ridges beyond. Bryce Canyon National Park, set aside as a national monument in 1923 and made a national park in 1928, is famous for these frost- and rain-carved limestone formations, which early promoters gave grand Egyptian and classical names such as this one.
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pen
Am going to Bryce Canyon
next week
Dear Ma
I am now in Salt
lake City. It is a
very beautiful place
with mountains all
around I am now at
the Lake having dinner
Hope you are feeling
well and that all is ok
Love of Harry.
White border; visible linen/canvas texture in the printing; light corner wear and a small crease at the upper right; production number "8380F" printed at lower right.
Postmark: BRYCE CANYON, UTAH JUL 1928 (day not legible). Divided-back linen card with white border; printed "C.T. American Art" and Deseret News Press imprints. Moderate soiling and a brown stain near the message; front upper-right corner chipped.
Cite this card
Temple of Osiris, Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, circa 1940, postcard, n.d.. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/temple-of-osiris-bryce-canyon-national-park-utah-circa-1940. Accessed October 25, 2026.
