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Vintage humorous Western postcard titled “Riding a High Horse,” featuring a woman in a broad-brimmed hat and riding clothes waving from the saddle of a dramatically rearing black horse. The colorful illustration combines equestrian, cowgirl, and Western humor themes.
The card is numbered 2212 and was published by the J. L. Robbins Company of Spokane, Washington. The reverse identifies the printing style as “C. T. American Art Colored.”
This postcard was mailed on August 18, 1933, and bears a circular Orofino, Idaho postmark. It retains its original green one-cent Benjamin Franklin postage stamp. The card was addressed to Mr. Burton Bradley in Yakima, Washington, and contains a handwritten message in blue ink.
An appealing Depression-era postcard combining a striking horse illustration, an early female equestrian subject, Western humor, Idaho postal history, and a Washington State publisher and destination.
ITEM SPECIFICS
- Type: White-border illustrated postcard
- Era: White Border Era
- Mailing date: August 18, 1933
- Postmark: Orofino, Idaho
- Origin: Orofino, Idaho
- Destination: Yakima, Washington
- Title: “Riding a High Horse”
- Card number: 2212
- Subject: Woman riding a rearing horse
- Theme: Western humor, cowgirls, horses and equestrian life
- Publisher: J. L. Robbins Company
- Publisher location: Spokane, Washington
- Printing description: C. T. American Art Colored
- Postage: One-cent Benjamin Franklin stamp
- Postage condition: Posted
- Writing: Handwritten message and address
- Country: United States
- State: Idaho
- Region: American West
- Original/Reproduction: Original vintage postcard
- Unit of sale: Single unit
KEYWORDS
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