Mr. John Cutshall worked in the Engine Room of the Hotel Courtland in Canton, Ohio.
Canton lies between branches of the Nimishillen Creek In east-central Ohio – about 60 miles south of Cleveland and 20 miles south of Akron.
In the first half of the 20th century, Canton was a growing center of heavy industry – Canton population peaked in 1960.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canton,_Ohio
The Courtland Hotel was a grand structure designed by Guy Tilden and completed in 1905.
Despite being placed on the National Register of Historic Properties in 1987, the building was razed in 1992.
Below, there are two pictures related to the Courtland Hotel from the Wiki Media Commons.
https://cdm17395.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p17395coll6/id/34
In September of 1939, John received a postcard from T. M. Stump.
T. M. was touring natural wonders in the West and mailed to John a postcard view of Death Valley.
The face of the postcard shows the austere beauty of the desert landscape, here bathed in golden light as a sunrise or sunset.
The postcard was printed and published by Robert Kashower of Los Angeles.
Death Valley, a desert basin in southeast California (near the border of Nevada) is both the lowest elevation and the hottest place in the United States.
The Death Valley National Park now encloses some of the most unusual geographic features.
https://www.nps.gov/deva/index.htm
T. M. mailed the postcard from Cameron, a census-designated place within the Navajo Nation in north-central Arizona.
Cameron has been a tourist center for visitors to the Navajo Nation and for the Desert View entrance to the Grand Canyon National Park.
In Cameron, the Navajo Nation operates a large center for displaying and selling indigenous products, and a federal Ranger Station manages visitor and hiking permits.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameron,_Arizona
It seems that John was pleased by the scenic souvenir; he preserved the postcard throughout his life.
One hopes that T. M. returned safely and shared other stories about the natural wonders he observed.
