Old Tex - Texas Longhorn Steer - Buckhorn Curio Museum - San Antonio, TX - Postcard, c. 1950s
(5 1/2 x 3 1/2 In) This is an original vintage Buckhorn Curio Museum, C. T. Art-Colortone linen postcard from the 1950s. It shows "Old Tex" a Texas Long Horn Steer with horns "measuring over 8 feet tip to tip". Displayed at the Famous Buckhorn Curio Museum (Originally the Buckhorn Saloon) in San Antonio, Texas.
"OLD TEX, the best known specimen of that hardy race of cattle, the famous TEXAS-LONGHORN, escaped the early day cowboys who herded and drove them to distant railroad shipping points. He roamed the prairies of Southwest Texas to an undetermined age and is now full body mounted as shown and stands as one of the outstanding exhibits in the Buckhorn Curio Store Museum, originally the Famous Buckhorn Bar in San Antonio, Texas.", reads the description printed on the back.
The postcard is used and is in VERY GOOD condition, wear at the edges, blunted corner tips.
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