Antique & Vintage Postcards

Suspended 467 feet above the turquoise ribbon of the Colorado River, the Navajo Bridge at Marble Canyon, Arizona appears almost impossibly delicate against the towering red sandstone walls in this vibrant Fred Harvey linen card — the iron trusses catching the light while the canyon's ancient geology drops away in layered bands of crimson and ochre below. Completed in 1929 and for decades the only automobile crossing between the South and North Rims of the Grand Canyon within Arizona, the bridge was a marvel of Depression-era engineering and a lifeline for travelers on U.S. Route 89A. This unused card was published under the prestigious Fred Harvey trademark, the famous hospitality and retail empire of the American Southwest, with catalog number 7A-H698, and carries the informative reverse note that the span is 833 feet and stands 143 miles northeast of Grand Canyon Village.