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A color postcard of a man standing next to a red 1920s-style automobile on a winding dirt road with mountains in the distance.

Starvation Peak, Between Las Vegas and Santa Fe, New Mexico

Object Details

  • Date

    1929

  • Object Type

    Photographs

  • Medium

    Photolithograph

  • Contributors

    Published by Fred Harvey Trading Co.

    Printed by Detroit Publishing Co.

  • Object Format

    Postcard

  • Dimensions

    3 7/16 x 5 3/8 in.

  • Inscriptions

    Recto:

    l.l. to l.c. printed in gold, below image: H-3513 STARVATION PEAK, BETWEEN LAS VEGAS AND SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO.

    Verso:

    u.l. printed: FRED \ HARVEY "PHOSTINT" \ TRADE MARK REG U. S. PAT OFF. \ MADE ONLY BY DETROIT PUBLISHING CO.

    u.l. printed: En route from Las Vegas to Santa Fe, via "the \ Indian-detour", as the traveler nears Chapelle sta- \ tion, Starvation Peak is seen. Tradition has it that \ here in 1800 a band of Spaniards were besieged by \ hostile Indians and starved to death. There is a \ cross on the summit, erected many years ago by \ the brotherhood of Penitentes.

    c. in blue ink: hooey [underlined]

    l.l. printed: 81749

    l.c. printed: XXIX

  • Collection Name

    Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    P1976.48.34

  • Copyright

    Public domain

Additional details

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

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