Name/Title
PostcardEntry/Object ID
1962.422.0273Description
Color print on postcard paper. Image of a panorama elevated view of Rawlins, WY. The old State Penitentiary is on center left with prairie behind. Houses, streets, trees & buildings of a city are visible. The foreground is a hill with brush, rocks, & red dirt.
Printed across top border in black: "1053 - Panorama of Rawlins, Alt. 6787 Ft., on the Lincoln Highway (U.S. 30). On bottom border: "Between the Continental Divide and the North Platte in Southern Wyoming 7A668-N"
Printed on back in blue: "Rawlins is a prosperous city on the Lincoln Highway in the heart of the vast prairie stretches of Southern Wyoming. It's a pleasant tree lined streets and green lawns are a striking change from the wide and rolling plains, with scarcely a tree, traversed for miles along the highways leading to town." "POSTCARD" "Place One Cent Stamp Here" "Sanborn Souvenir Co., Denver, Colo"
Good condition. Accretion, creased, edges worn, paper torn on back, liquid spots on back, green paper & adhesive on back, paper missing.Collection
Photograph Collection