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Hot Springs National Park Arkansas AR Route 70 Scene Postcard Tichnor White — photo 1 of 2

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About this piece

White border postcard captioned "Scene on Route No. 70 at Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas," showing the curving paved highway past stone gate pillars and wooded hills, with an early automobile in the distance. Published by E. L. Glass, Hot Springs National Park, Ark.; a Tichnor Quality Views card, number 132029. Standard size, about 3.5 x 5.5 inches. Unposted and unwritten; light corner wear and a few small brown spots on the back.

The back caption reads: "Good roads lead into Hot Springs National Park from all points of the Country—Route No. 70 at Hot Springs National Park is used extensively in traveling from Coast to Coast." The stamp box reads "Domestic One Cent, Foreign Two Cents."

An early highway and good-roads era view for Arkansas, Route 70 and national park collectors.