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Greetings from Alpine, Texas
- Date
- c. 1940s
- State
- Texas
- City
- Alpine
- Format
- Postcard
The town name climbs diagonally across the card. The views inside ALPINE and the small western figure at right give the design a strong sense of place without relying on a single panoramic scene.
In the early twentieth century, Texas selected Alpine as the site of a teacher-training school, now Sul Ross State University. Its early yearbooks record student life in this Brewster County town beginning in 1921.
Sources
- Original postcard, front and back · Crumb Paper Archive
- Newberry Library · History of large-letter postcards
- NEWS AND FEATURES: SRSU salutes teachers during National Teachers Day, May 5 - SUL ROSS
- Sul Ross State University · Historic yearbooks