A vintage linen postcard featuring a playful vintage-style illustration of a deep-sea jumbo crab on a wooden block against a blue water background, capturing the charming coastal design during the 1937 era.
Era: Linen 1930s (c. 1937)
City: Oregon Coast
State: Oregon
Country: United States of America
Topics: Marine Life, Crabs, Coastal Scenes, Animals, Humor, Tourism
Artist, Photographer: Wesley Andrews
Condition: Circulated
Postmark: September 10, 1947
Address Side: Divided Back
Orientation: Horizontal (Landscape)
Publisher: Wesley Andrews Co.
Printer: Curt Teich and Co.
Print Type: Lithograph, Linen (C.T. Art-Colortone)
Coastal Oregon is famous for its thriving seafood industry and abundant Dungeness crab populations, inspiring whimsical and popular novelty postcards during the mid-20th century. Curt Teich and Co. of Chicago produced high-quality, vibrant linen-finish postcards utilizing their signature color lithography processes to showcase regional specialties, coastal life, and scenic attractions across the United States.
