The Covered Wagon, Prairie Schooner of the West, U.S. 66, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Subject: Trucks & Wagons
Card type: Linen
Date: c. 1930 (White Border)

Back of The Covered Wagon, Prairie Schooner of the West, U.S. 66, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Southwest Post Card Co., NM, USA, c. 1930 linen postcard — Back

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A covered wagon with a white canvas top is pulled by a team of oxen across a desert landscape with red hills in the background under a blue sky.

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PublisherCurt Teich & Co.

N-35—THE COVERED WAGON PRAIRIE SCHOONER OF THE WEST It was about the middle of the eighteenth century, when the colonial west, namely the Pennsylvania Dutch, produced the Conestoga Wagon with its sturdily built running gear and canvas-covered, boat-like body. It was the descendant of the marvelous wagon, the Prairie Schooner which made possible a hundred years ago, the conquest of the American Far West. This particular covered wagon can be seen on highway U. S. 66 after leaving Tijeras Canyon and entering city of Albuquerque from the east. DISTRIBUTED BY SOUTHWEST POST CARD CO., BOX 685, ALBUQUERQUE, N. M. GENUINE CURTEICH-CHICAGO "C.T. ART-COLORTONE" POST CARD (REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.) PLACE STAMP HERE 1C-H168 POST CARD

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Condition	Very good
Place mentioned	Southwest Post Card Co., Box 685, Albuquerque, NM
Place mentioned	Tijeras Canyon, Albuquerque, NM
Publisher	Curt Teich & Co., Chicago, IL
Notes	Linen texture; full-bleed image; no printed caption or border. No postmark. Divided-back linen card; Curt Teich 'C.T. Art-Colortone' imprint (1C-H168), distributed by Southwest Post Card Co., Albuquerque, N.M. No message or address written; only a dealer pencil '#59' at lower right.

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The Covered Wagon, Prairie Schooner of the West, U.S. 66, Albuquerque, New Mexico, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/the-covered-wagon-prairie-schooner-of-the-west-u-s-66-albuqu. Accessed October 5, 2026.