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A color postcard of a group of people using ropes to climb up a glacier.

"See Washington First." The Switzerland of America, Crossing a Glacier, Mount Rainier.

Asahel Curtis (1874-1941)

Object Details

  • Date

    ca. 1920

  • Object Type

    Photographs

  • Medium

    Halftone print

  • Contributors

    Published by C. P. Johnston Company

    Printed by Curt Teich Co.

  • Object Format

    Postcard

  • Dimensions

    3 1/2 x 5 7/16 in.

  • Inscriptions

    Recto:

    u.r. printed in black, above image: PHOTO BY ASAHEL CURTIS.

    l.l. to l.r. printed in black, below image: "SEE WASHINGTON FIRST." THE SWITZERLAND OF AMERICA, CROSSING A GLACIER, MOUNT RAINIER.

    Verso:

    u.l. printed: SEE WASHINGTON FIRST. \ THE SWITZERLAND OF AMERICA. \ " Mt. Ranier is located in Pierce County, Washington, a- \ bout sixty miles south-east of Seattle and forty-five miles from \ Tacoma. It is 14,526 feet high. Rainier National Park is \ eighteen miles square. "

    u.c. printed: A-34528

    c.l. printed along left edge: 4024 PUBLISHED BY C.P. JOHNSTON CO., SEATTLE, U.S.A.

    c. printed [transverse]: C.T. AMERICAN ART

  • Collection Name

    Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    P1976.48.73

  • Copyright

    Public domain

Additional details

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