Mr. H. H. Owen worked for the Superintendent of Lighthouses in Philadelphia, PA.
The historic city on the Delaware River is a major port and naval base although it is not directly on the Atlantic coast.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia
The Lighthouse Board was established in Philadelphia in preparation for the International Exhibition of 1876, celebrating the 100th year of US Independence.
https://lighthousedigest.com/Digest/StoryPage.cfm?StoryKey=2462
In October of 1914, Mr. Owen received a postcard from a person whose name I cannot distinguish – possibly, “Robert”.
The writer was on an extended tour of the American West.
After two days at the Grand Canyon, the writer visited the Hopi Village at Oraibi, Arizona.
We have seen another postcard story related to tourism on Hopi lands in Arizona:
The postcard was mailed from New Mexico, but the postmark is so blurred that one cannot be sure of the location.
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The face of the postcard is a hand-colored photograph of the “Hopi Indian Pueblo, Oraibi, Arizona”.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oraibi,_Arizona
This Hopi village was constructed in the 12th century AD, making it one of the oldest habitations in the United States.
The multi-storied pueblos are built with terraces, so that the building recedes as it rises.
Several figures in colorful garb provide the human scale of the structures.
A blurb indicates that this community in northwest Arizona had a population of about 7500.
The photograph was published by “C. T. American Art” which is one iteration of the Curt Teich Company of Chicago.
It is possible that this is the republication of an uncolored photograph of the previous decade.
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On the reverse, we learn more about the itinerary of the traveler: “I visited this Indian Village.”
The writer is “now at Albuquerque, New Mexico and will go to Santa Fe tomorrow.”
After that, “will then start east for Texas”.
The trip has already covered 8300 miles.
One worrisome development is a report that “all roads east are bad on account of rain.”
Mr. Owen preserved the postcard in good condition throughout his life.
One hopes that his correspondent found good roads an was able to complete his journey safely.
