Postcard AZ: Hedgehog Strawberry Cactus in Bloom, Arizona Linen 1944 For Sale

Description: This linen-era postcard depicts Echinocereus Engelmannii, commonly known as the Strawberry Hedgehog Cactus, growing in the Arizona desert. The card shows clusters of low-growing cactus stems covered in vivid red-pink blooms set against the sandy desert floor. The back notes that the fruit resembles a large strawberry, is edible, and was prized by Native Americans for its flavor.

Publisher: Curteich-Chicago \"C.T. Art-Colortone,\" distributed by Collesano Mercantile Co., Tucson, Arizona. Card number L-29, catalog no. 3B-H160.

Posted: Sent to Miss Marjorie Todd, 2605 U St., Sacramento, California. The message is largely cursive and partially legible; the sender appears to express warm greetings and mentions hoping to visit or return. Addressed at top to Pvt. Wm. N. Todd, Class 44-50, Squadron 2, FAAF.