Antique & Vintage Postcards

Against a theatrical indigo sky that bleeds to gold at the horizon, the world's most famous geyser explodes upward in a towering white column — 150 feet of superheated water and steam frozen in linen-card glory — in this dramatic Haynes Inc. copyright card printed by Curt Teich & Co. of Chicago. Card no. 13040, series 4A-H271, the image is rendered in the deep-contrast "night-effect" palette that Curt Teich's artists perfected in the 1930s: the eruption glows almost luminous against the darkened sky while the orange-stained silica sinter platform catches the last light at the base. The reverse text notes Old Faithful "gives its exhibition at intervals of 60 to 80 minutes throughout the entire year" — a pre-era description before modern interval lengthening due to seismic activity. The one-cent stamp box and the "4A" Teich series code date this firmly to c. 1930–1934. Unused, clean, and visually striking — a quintessential piece of American national park postcard art.