New Mexico Postcards

New Mexico Postcards

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Greetings From Santa Rosa - Vintage Card Scene. From the collection of Jeff Meyer and the Curt Teich Archives. Route 66 Nostalgia Series. Postcard is new, unused, excellent condition.

Ice Cave Trading Post: Text on back: It was built in the 1930's along with a saloon and dance hall to serve the local logging industry. In 1946 the Candelarias began operating the Ice Cave as a tourist attraction. Postcard is new and unused.

Sagebrush Inn - Text on back: Sagebrush Inn. Taos, New Mexico. Typically Pueblo in architecture this hotel in known throughout the Country for its Old World charm. Spanish colonial furnishings and Indian arts and crafts are used in the decorative scheme. Sagebrush Inn is on U.S. Highway 64 between Taos and Ranchoes de Taos, New Mexico Vintage postcard is unused and in good condition for its age. Shows some edgewear

Route 66 Set of Four Postcards - Four Route 66 postcards display the vintage appeal of the Mother Road. Includes the Cadillac Ranch in Amarillo, Texas; the interior of the famous Snow Cap Drive In in Seligman, Arizona, and weathered signs in Gallup, New Mexico, and Peach Springs, Arizona. Postcards are all new and unused. Mint condition.

Bottomless Lake - Text on back: A bottomless lake located in the Bottomless Lakes State Park near Roswell, New Mexico. These Bottomless Lakes in this arid part of New Mexico are few from underground streams. Vintage postcard has writing on the back.

Street on the Plaza, Taos - Text on back: Street on the Plaza, Taos, N. Mex. The City of Taos is the burial place of Kit Carson, home of the famous Taos Art Colony, and located close to city is the Taos Indian Pueblo, which is one of the oldest and most famous of the Indian Pueblos. Vintage postcard is in very good condition, unused, one cent placeholder for stamp.

Carlsbad Amphitheater - Text on back: Bat Flight Amphitheater at Natural Entrance to Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico. Each summer evening, visitors gather here to witness the outpouring flight of hundreds of thousands of bats that roost in one chamber of Carlsbad Caverns throughout the daylight hours of each day. These creatures are migratory and spend the winter months in sub-tropical Mexico. Vintage postcard is in very good condition, has writing on the back with date of 7/1/68.

Torreon - Text on back: The Torreon or Tower was used for defense against the Indians by the early settlers of Lincoln, New Mexico. Vintage postcard is in good condition, slight crease to upper right corner, unused, handwritten date on back indicating 7/18/68.

Raton Pass, Santa Fe Trail, Raton - Text on back: No. 72 - Raton Pass, Santa Fe Trail, Raton, New Mexico Starting at the top of the pass, now ten miles south of the state of Colorado on Highway 85, we look upon a sublime view, far and wide into New Mexico - at the distant mountains, and the beautiful city of Raton nestling at the foot. Vintage linen postcard is unused and in very good condition for its age. One cent stamp placeholder