Category: Postcards From Another Millennium

This card is a complimentary card provided by the hotels’ management to promote their businesses, located at the time on the Lincoln Highway (U.S. 30) in Rock Springs, Wyoming.

The description states:
TWO FINE MOTELS with 80 Homelike, Quiet, Comfortable Modern Accommodation Units and Tourist Apartment Facilities, Vented Panel Ray Individually Heated, Tiled Tub and Shower Baths, Patio, Play and Picnic Grounds, Separate Truck Parking Lot.
LOCATED IN TOWN ON U.S. 30 EAST
ROCK SPRINGS, WYOMING
SENATOR LOUIS and ROSE BOSCHETTO, Owners
–Neither of these establishments exist today. The card likely dates from the 1940s.

This image shows the Lincoln Highway as it was when it passed around Eagle Rock, Wyoming. This named landform is not commonly described elsewhere other than this card.

The description states:
EAGLE ROCK is a prominent point just east of Evanston on the Lincoln Highway (U.S. 30). The highway diagonally traverses the whole length of the county and is entirely oil surfaced and is so well maintained that overland travel has not been impaired for a single day in recent winters.
–The description does not identify the exact portion of the landform that is supposed to represent an eagle. It may refer to eagles once present there. Instead, it focusses on the nature of then current  US highway construction, replacing more primitive dirt and gravel roads with thin membrane surface, a design now restricted to low capacity secondary roads.
The postcard likely dates from the 1940s.

This is a limber pine tree that was seeded and grew in the crack of an ancient granite boulder, some distance from any similar tree. It was present when the railroad came by in the 1860s.

The description states:
Lone Tree. This Tree, growing out of solid granite is 76 years old. This tree is located on the Lincoln Highway 28 miles west of Cheyenne.
–More commonly called Tree Rock, the monument, little changed in many decades, is now in the median strip of Interstate 80 where vehicles passing by can pull off in the center of the highway to examine the site.
This card likely dates from the 1940s.

This is an image of the well-known volcanic outcrop known as Devils Tower. It became famous most recently when featured as an important plot element and site for the climax of the film Close Encounters of the Third Kind in 1977.

The back of the card is severely damaged, and the description cannot be determined.
The name as shown on the card is misspelled, as the common form uses the plural instead of the possessive, and thus omits the apostrophe.
Colorized photo cards of this type are commonly dated from the 1940s.

This image is unusual in that it shows not a scenic, historic or cultural location, but the typical rest stop of the Interstate highway system. These were built for long distance travelers to have a place to stop, walk their pets, use a toilet, or eat a picnic meal while on their journey.

The description states:
Rest Area along Interstate 80 at Pine Bluffs, Wyoming.
–This location is more elaborate than most, including such amenities as semi-private, covered tables and a children’s playground with equipment, as well as lighting for evening activities.
The automobiles indicate this card dates from the 1960s.