Antique & Vintage Postcards

A glossy chrome-era snapshot of Western ranch life unfolds at Lake Benbrook outside Fort Worth — a straw-hatted handler works a lead rope while "Beggar Poo," a gleaming chestnut Quarter Horse with a distinctive black mane, tail, and white socks, stands proud against a shimmering Texas lake backdrop dotted with distant sailboats. The card's back offers a charming mini-essay on Quarter Horses: "gentle, sturdy, muscular and active," bred for short-burst speed and cattle-ranch work — a postcard that doubles as a tiny piece of equine Americana. Published by Strykers' Western Fotocolor of Fort Worth under their "Artistichrome" brand, this card was priced at a nickel in its day and captures the romanticized cowboy lifestyle that mid-century Texas tourism leaned into heavily.