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Vintage Pennsylvania Turnpike Bedford PA Photochrome Postcard 6 X 4 In
Used: Light corner and edge wear with slight rounding and light surface scuffing; faint horizontal gloss scuff across the center of the front image. Back is unposted with no writing or postal markings; small brown handling spot near the top edge.
Approx. Measurements, see images.
Vintage color photochrome postcard featuring the Pennsylvania Turnpike near Bedford, Pennsylvania.
Front view shows an aerial view of the Turnpike passing through tunnel portals and a deep road cut in the Allegheny Mountains, surrounded by autumn foliage; glossy finish.
Front/back caption: PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE "World's Greatest Highway". The motorist glimpses daylight only momentarily as he speeds out of Blue Mountain Tunnel and plunges immediately into Kittatinny Tunnel on the Pennsylvania Turnpike as it burrows westward through the Allegheny Mountains of Pennsylvania. Color photo by Herbert Lanks. Back printing includes: NATURAL Color K Card FROM KODACHROME; A MIKE ROBERTS COLOR PRODUCTION, BERKELEY 2, CALIF.; C6605; Howard Johnson Publishing Department, Bedford, Pa.
Type: Printed (Lithograph). Original. Size: Continental (6 x 4 in). Material: Paper. Features: Divided Back. Era: Photochrome (1939-Now). Subject: Pennsylvania Turnpike. City: Bedford, Pa.; Region: Pennsylvania; Country of Origin: United States; Continent: North America; Unit of Sale: Single Unit; Number of Items in Set: 1. No UPC/EAN present; see photos for exact details and design elements.
