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A color postcard of a bird's eye view of a large crater in a rocky desert landscape.

Meteorite Crater near Winslow, Arizona

Unknown

Object Details

  • Date

    ca. 1930

  • Object Type

    Photographs

  • Medium

    Halftone print

  • Contributors

    Published by Fred Harvey Trading Co.

  • Object Format

    Postcard

  • Dimensions

    3 7/16 x 5 7/16 in.

  • Inscriptions

    Recto:

    l.l. to l.c. printed: H-3971 METEORITE CRATER NEAR WINSLOW, ARIZONA

    Verso:

    u.l. printed: Fred Harvey \ TRADE MARK

    u.l. printed: This great Arizona pit, four-fifths of \ a mile across, and 570 feet deep, is said \ to be the result of the impact of what \ is believed to have been a huge meteorite. \ Evidences of the terrific collison are all \ about. The slopes are littered with crushed \ rock. there are boulders, some weighing \ 7,000 tons, near the edges of the crater; \ and further off rocks that were thrown \ off at the impact - some a half mile away.

    l.c. printed: 7A-H697

  • Collection Name

    Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    P1976.48.367

  • Copyright

    Public domain

Additional details

Location: Off view
Part of: Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection
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