Description
This sepia-toned postcard showcases a man proudly displaying an enormous Texas Longhorn steer, measuring 8 feet 138 inches tip to tip. The longhorns pictured are considered the finest in existence and a highlight of the Buckhorn Curio Store’s renowned collection. This postcard, featuring Albert Friedrich, founder of the Buckhorn, dates from approximately the 1930s.
Front Text (cleaned):
Texas Longhorn steer, 8 feet 138 inches tip to tip.
Calbert Friedrich
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Albert Friedrich—founder of the famous Buckhorn Curio Store, originally the old Buckhorn Saloon, San Antonio, Texas.
Back Text (cleaned):
The longhorns pictured and described on the opposite side are classed as the finest in existence and have been an outstanding feature of the Buckhorn Curio Store, originally the old Buckhorn Saloon (collection), for over thirty years. Albert Friedrich, founder of the renowned collection of heads and horns, was reared in San Antonio, having been born within a stone's throw of the Historic Alamo. Booklet of 17 assorted views of this place 25¢ or 30¢ by mail.
