Amon Carter print details
A color photograph on a postcard of Native American pictographs in white on a large red rock.

Newspaper Rock, Petrified Forest, Arizona

Object Details

  • Date

    ca. 1940

  • Object Type

    Photographs

  • Medium

    Halftone print

  • Contributors

    Published by Southwest Post Card Co.

    Printed by Curt Teich Co.

  • Object Format

    Postcard

  • Dimensions

    3 7/16 x 5 5/16 in.

  • Inscriptions

    Verso:

    u.l. printed: P.F.42 --- "NEWSPAPER ROCK," \ PETRIFIED FOREST, ARIZ. \ Halfway between the Painted Desert and \ the Petrified Forest, near Adamana, one of \ the finest specimen of ancient writings (picto- \ graphs) to be found in America. these writ- \ ings are the expressions of an unknown \ primitive people of long, long ago. Signs \ along the highway will direct you to them.

    l.l. to u.l. printed along left edge: DISTRIBUTED BY SOUTHWEST POST CARD CO., BOX 685, ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.

    l.c. to u.c. printed [transverse]: GENUINE CURTIECH-CHICAGO "C.T. ART-COLORTONE" POST CARD (REG. U.S.PAT.OFF.)

  • Collection Name

    Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    P1976.48.297

  • Copyright

    Public domain

Additional details

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

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