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Lot of 4 Western Postcards Linen Oak Creek AZ Garden of Gods CO Yellowstone — photo 1 of 9

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Lot of 4 vintage western scenic postcards: three linen-finish cards (Lower Oak Creek Canyon, Arizona; Balanced Rock, Garden of the Gods, Colorado; A Desert Landscape in the Southwest) and one white-border Old Faithful Geyser, Yellowstone National Park. Standard postcard size. Condition: the three linens are clean and unposted with light edge wear; the Old Faithful card has a crease, surface cracking and corner wear, with a pencil-style handwritten note on the back.

• Lower Oak Creek Canyon, Arizona - linen, Y-37, R.C. Proctor photo, code 0C-H718. Distributed by Lollesgard Specialty Co., Tucson and Phoenix, Arizona; Curteich-Chicago C.T. Art-Colortone back with a caption about the canyon near Montezuma Castle. Unposted.

• 606 - The Balanced Rock, Garden of the Gods, near Colorado Springs and Manitou Springs - linen, published by Sanborn Souvenir Co., Denver, Colo., back number 27124 with descriptive caption. Unposted.

• 4416 Old Faithful Geyser, Yellowstone National Park - white border, H.H.T. Co. imprint, descriptive back. Not mailed; handwritten note reads "Saw this in 1938 with Jack & Freda Berg." Crease and cracking visible across the image.

• D-50 A Desert Landscape in the Southwest - linen, code 1A-H451, distributed by Lollesgard Specialty Co., Tucson, Arizona; Curteich back with one-cent stamp box. Unposted, no state named on the card.

Please see all photos for the condition of each card.