A paved road curves along a mountainside, edged by a white guardrail and low stone or planted border, with dense evergreen forest filling the middle ground and layered, hazy mountain ridges rising behind under a pale blue sky with scattered clouds. The scene is a generic scenic view of an American mountain highway of the mid-twentieth century; no caption, place name, or landmark identifies the specific range or road.
Linen-textured stock with visible crosshatch weave; no printed caption or imprint on the front; thin white margin at the edges.
No postmark; unused card. Divided-back "POST CARD" with one-cent stamp box (1B-H2287), blue imprint on cream stock; linen-textured chromo front, no white border. Light edge wear only.
Cite this card
Winding mountain highway with guardrail below forested peaks, circa 1940, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/winding-mountain-highway-with-guardrail-below-forested-peaks. Accessed October 25, 2026.
