This image shows a small group of Hereford cattle, likely part of a larger herd, grazing on open range in the American Southwest.
Baxtone, Box 175, Amarillo, Texas
This image is an artist’s rendition of a typical Hereford cattle herd on the range in the southwest United States, likely New Mexico.
Genuine Curteich-Chicago “C.T. Art Colortone”
This image shows an artist’s rendition of the motel in Albuquerque, New Mexico named the Fair Grounds Court, located at the time on Central Ave. in the city.
Genuine Curteich-Chicago “C.T. Art Colortone”
This image is an artist’s rendition of the view down one of the main streets in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Central Avenue.
Art Tone “Glo-Var” Finish, Associated Litho, Des Moines 9, Iowa
This image shows the front and main entrance of the establishment called “Of Cabbages and Kings Gift Shoppe”, a reference to a line in the poem “The Walrus and the Carpenter” from the book Alice In Wonderland by Lewis Carroll.
Pub. by R.C. O’Neil, Box 4423, Joyfield P.O., Detroit, Michigan
This is an artist’s rendition of the Omaha, Nebraska Veterans Hospital as it looked shortly after construction.
“ShiniColor” by Colourpicture., Boston 15, Mass., U.S.A.
This image shows the Tower Lodge Motel, which had a rare combination motel design, with the older cabin style in the center and long single building rooms on either side. It was located in Holdrege, Nebraska.
Card by Al Achterberg, Nelson Studios, Holdredge, Nebr.
This image shows an original cabin of the Pony Express system, which was initiated in 1860 and operated for only 19 months before being discontinued when the transcontinental telegraph was completed.
Genuine Curteich-Chicago “C.T. Photo-Cote”
This image shows the Ace Motel, another typical second-generation motel, built in a single long structure with adjacent rooms, much like and apartment block might be. This example was located in Central City, Nebraska.
There is no description on the back of this card, as it is a photograph converted to a post card to promote the establishment and as a memento.
There are other examples of this location on post cards, and this one has a automobile parked almost out of sight behind the mail box, which indicates this card dates from the 1950s.
This image shows an early motel type common along the highways of the United States in the mid-20th Century. This one was in Ogalalla, Nebraska.
PIcto Cards, Kaeser and Blair, Cincinnati, Ohio