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Postcard 1940s Linen Great Salt Lake Utah Salt Harvesting w/ Attached Salt Bag
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Linen · 1947

Postcard 1940s Linen Great Salt Lake Utah Salt Harvesting w/ Attached Salt Bag

Great Salt Lake, Utah, USA1947LinenFair-Good

A whiff of brine drifts off this vivid linen-era souvenir — a mechanized salt harvester churns through blinding white flats near the Great Salt Lake, Utah, while a tiny cloth bag of actual harvested salt is stitched right to the card's edge, making it a tactile time capsule from the American West. The yellow-gold sky and purple mountain backdrop are quintessential Curteich Colortone printing at its most dramatic. On the back, a breezy message from someone who signed as "Sperk" — still going strong with just an hour's wait in Salt Lake City — was sent to Agnes in Auburn, New York, capturing the postwar road-trip spirit in a single breathless line. The novelty attachment — a stamped muslin bag reading "SALT from Great Salt Lake, Utah" — survives intact, a rarity that dramatically elevates desirability for both novelty postcard and Western Americana collectors.

$32.95
Fair-Good
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PC-05520 · Deseret Book Company / Curteich Chicago
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