1939 Petrified Forest National Park AZ Postcard

About This Vintage Postcard

This striking linen-era postcard features a detailed view of Drift Logs in the Second Forest of Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona. The illustration highlights the vibrant, multi-colored mineralization of the ancient fossilized wood, scattered across the arid desert landscape under a vast southwestern sky. These logs, which date back over 200 million years to the Late Triassic period, are renowned for their brilliant hues of red, orange, and blue.

Details

Era: Linen (1939)
City: Petrified Forest National Park
State or Region: Arizona
Country: United States
Topic: Petrified Forest National Park, Drift Logs, Second Forest, Arizona Geology, National Park Souvenirs
Condition: Uncirculated
Postage: None
Address Side: divided back
Orientation: Horizontal (Landscape)
Artist / Photographer: Unknown
Publisher: J. R. Willis, Albuquerque, N. M.
Printer: Genuine Curteich-Chicago (C.T. Art-Colortone)
Print Type: Halftone Lithograph

Additional Information

The back provides educational context, describing the "agatized logs" as a prime mystery of geology that reveal "brilliant colors-every tint of the rainbow." This card was distributed by J. R. Willis, a well-known publisher of Southwestern imagery based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. At the time of production, the site was still a National Monument, later becoming a National Park in 1962.