New Mexico Postcards

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Blue Skies at the Blue Swallow - Historic Blue Swallow Motel on Old Route 66 Highway in Tucumcari, New Mexico. Postcard is new, unused, excellent. These postcards are out of print!

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.

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.

Tucumcari Tee Pee Curios: Text on back: "Damn Fine Stuff", 924 E. Route 66, Tucumcari, New Mexico 88401. Last of the old Route 66 Curio Shops. 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

New Mexico - Land of Enchantment - Text on back - New Mexico. The Land of Enchantment. Called "The Land of Enchantment" for its beautiful scenery and rich, colorful history, New Mexico entered the union on January 6, 1912 as the 47th state. It is the fifth largest state in the U.S. with its capital located in Santa Fe. New Mexico's state bird is the Roadrunner, the state flower is the Yucca flower, and the state tree is the Pinon Pine.

New Mexico Facts - New Mexico - Land of Enchantment. Front shows state facts. Postcard is new, unused and in excellent 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.

Oldest House in the U.S.A - Text on back: Oldest House in the U.S.A Santa Fe, New Mexico. Remnant of a pre-Spanish Indian Pueblo, first seen by white men in the time of Coronado (1541). Serving as residence for a Franciscan Missionary, along with Old San Miguel Mission, it was prominent in bringing Christianity to what is now the United States. Vintage postcard has writing on the back in pencil.

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.

Philmont Scouts - Text on back: Rugged Hiking. Each summer thousands of older Boy Scouts and Explorers come to Philmont Scout Ranch for high-adventure expeditions in the Sangre de Cristo range of the Rocky Mountains of northeastern New Mexico. Vintage postcard has writing on the back; postmark July 5th, 1977; 9¢ stamp, very good condition.

Taos Pueblo - Text on back: Taos Pueblo, Taos, New Mexico. Taos is the Northernmost of all the Rio Grande Pueblos. Architecturally, it is the most striking of the Pueblos. This shows the North section of the Pueblo, with the sacred mountain in the background. It can be truthfully said that this is the oldest apartment house in the world, being over 300 years old. Vintage postcard is unused and in very good condition.

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.

Entrance to the Caverns Carlsbad Caverns - Text on back: Entrance to the Caverns Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico. The entrance is through a natural arch, 90 feet wide and 40 feet high in its greatest dimensions. Leading to the opening is an good trail, its many graceful curves insuring an easy grade. Vintage postcard is unused and in good condition, show edgewear. Handwritten date indicates --1953.

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