1937 Grand Canyon View National Park AZ Postcard

About This Vintage Postcard

This breathtaking linen-era postcard captures a wide-angle vista from the vicinity of Lipan Point in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. The scene prominently features the Colorado River winding through the Unkar Delta at the bottom of the gorge, framed by the vivid, multi-colored strata of the canyon walls. Lipan Point is celebrated as one of the finest viewpoints on the South Rim, offering expansive views that reveal nearly the entire geological sequence of the canyon.

Details

Era: Linen (1937)
City: Grand Canyon National Park
State or Region: Arizona
Country: United States
Topic: Grand Canyon National Park, Lipan Point, Colorado River, Fred Harvey Hospitality, Arizona Landscapes, Hoover Dam History
Condition: Circulated (Postmarked 1937)
Postage: 2 Cent John Adams Stamp; Postmarked Grand Canyon, ARIZ
Address Side: divided back
Orientation: Horizontal (Landscape)
Artist / Photographer: Unknown
Publisher: Fred Harvey
Printer: Curt Teich & Co., Chicago (C.T. Art-Colortone)
Print Type: Halftone Lithograph

Additional Information

The back features the iconic Fred Harvey "Hotels-Shops-Restaurants" logo, marking it as a souvenir from the famous hospitality chain that partnered with the Santa Fe Railway. A fascinating handwritten message from a traveler mentions visiting the Canyon and then traveling to see "Boulder Dam" (now Hoover Dam), which they call a "man made wonder." The 2-cent John Adams stamp and the 1937 postmark from the Grand Canyon station perfectly align with the peak of the Linen postcard era.