Sunday, January 4, 2015

Art of Winold Reiss - Middle Rider - Native American

Continuing (from last summer) our series of vintage postcards featuring the art of Winold Reiss, this card is Middle Rider - Native American. Published by the Great Northern Railway ... circa 1940.

Middle Rider
Blackfeet Indian Brave


Back of the card ...


Description, enlarged ...


Previous Winold Reiss posts ...


July 10, 2014 -  Sign Talkers

July 19, 2014 - Julia Wades in the Water

August 7, 2014 -  Mountain Flower

More of this series of cards in future posts.

Thank you for stopping by John's Island.

9 comments:

  1. I went and peeked at a couple of the previous ones, and I can certainly see why you like this particular artist. He's wonderful. I look forward to more of these, John. :-)

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  2. I enjoy this artist's use of vibrant color.

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  3. This is the first I've heard of Winold Reiss. I also did not know the Great Northern Railway published postcards. I can see why these cards are collectible.

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  4. Very nice. Great colors and interesting that the braves are also called no chief.

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