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1Author:  UnknownAdd to Favorites
 Title:  New Mexico Territorial Covers Collection [1874]-1912 ead 
 Date(s):  [1874]-1912 
 Abstract:  This collection includes covers, postcards and letters mailed from towns in New Mexico during the state’s territorial period. Items of interest include real photo postcards which show images of: the Alvarado in Albuquerque (postmarked Anapra 1908); the Catholic Church in Las Cruces (postmarked Acme 1909); the Overland Limited Train (postmarked Black Tower 1910); Deming, NM (postmarked Carne 1912); a cattle ranch near Portales (postmarked Carter, 1907); a birdseye view of Folsom (postmarked Cuates, 1911); the Institute for the Blind, Alamogordo (postmarked Carrizozo); the hospital at Dawson, 1909; Main Street, Tucumcari, (postmarked Dodson 1911); Mexican Revolution politician Federico Gonzalez Garza (postmarked Elephant Butte 1911); Main Street, Melrose (postmarked House 1910); Tucumcari High School (postmarked Hanley 1911); the wholesale district, El Paso, (postmarked Lanark 1908); unknown building in Lamy, 1906; Main Street Las Cruces, 1908; the Church at Isleta Pueblo (postmarked Leopold 1906); St. Anthony’s Sanitarium at Las Vegas, 1910 (Postmarked Levy and Porvenir 1910); Lodge at Cloudcroft, (postmarked Mountain Park); Bravo Ranch Quarters (postmarked Nara Visa 1908); Chaves Courthouse in Roswell (postmarked Orchard Park 1911) Pipeline from Mountains (postmarked Orogrande 1907); Alameda Park Depot and Office Bldg, Alamogordo (postmarked Oscuro 1908); President Porfirio Diaz in a parade at El Paso (postmarked Pearl 1909); Souvenir of Silver Springs, (postmarked Silver Springs 1911); View of Sylanite (postmarked Sylvanite 1909); Street Scene, Silver City (postmarked Tyrone, 1910). A number of picture cachets are also in the collection, including: a cachet of St. Michaels College (postmarked Santa Fe 1889); a cachet with a map of Colorado and New Mexico (postmarked Lookout 1880); and a cachet for “A. Gusdorf Grain Mill (postmarked Ranches of Taos, 1888). Letters in the collection include: a letter from a teacher describing Christmas celebrations and social events in 1907 in Alma; letters about the economy (lumber, farming, mining), horses and people and a postcard, from Copperton, 1905; a letter from a German speaking soldier at, Fort Stanton, 1886; a letter about Statehood Day and taxes (postmarked Lakewood, 1912); a letter about house construction in Madison; a letter saying “thanks for the tobacco” and about organizing a Breeder’s Association in Mesilla, 1906; a letter with details of raising and selling hogs, Ruidoso, 1911; a letter about bad condition of the church and school, Silver City, 1909; and a letter which is described as the writers “last correspondence from the New Mexico Territory”. Other interesting items include: a cover from Gascom dated 1900, signed by the postmaster on the closing date of the post office; a handwritten postmark, dated 1878, Loma Parda; a handwritten postmark and letter from Turquesa 1881; a postmark from the KC and La Jolla RPO (postmarked Melrose, 1908); covers from 1874 and 1875, Santa Fe. 
 Repository:  Postal History Foundation, Peggy J. Slusser Memorial Philatelic Library 
 Subjects:  New Mexico -- History. | Postal Service -- New Mexico. | Postcards -- New Mexico. | Mining -- New Mexico -- History. | Frontier and pioneer life -- New Mexico -- History. 
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2Author:  UnknownAdd to Favorites
 Title:  Mexican Border Disturbances Collection 1912-1917 ead 
 Date(s):  1912-1917 
 Abstract:  This collection includes photo postcards and an original exhibit of postcards, covers and correspondence relating to the border disturbances in and around Columbus, New Mexico and Arizona during the Mexican Revolution. The letters (dated 1914-1915) are written by T.W. Eiler, 13th Cavalry, to his aunt Nora Altwater in Newport, Ohio. He mentions disturbances in Naco and Douglas Arizona, as well as those in New Mexico. 
 Repository:  Postal History Foundation, Peggy J. Slusser Memorial Philatelic Library 
 Subjects:  Villa, Pancho, 1878-1923. | Postal service--New Mexico--History. | Mexico--History--Revolution 1910-1920. | Douglas (Ariz.)--History. | Fort Huachuca (Ariz.)--History. | Naco (Ariz.)--History. | Columbus(N.M.)--History. 
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3Author:  United States Postal ServiceAdd to Favorites
 Title:  Tyrone, New Mexico Postal Documents Collection 1907-1943 ead 
 Date(s):  1907-1943 
 Abstract:  This collection reprsents the postal history of Tyrone, New Mexico, 1907-1943. It contains official postal documents used in the daily business of the post office, correspondence from and to the post masters, ledgers documenting packages and monies mailed to and received from locations around the world, and newspaper clippings of post office daily operations and activities. The names of New Mexico residents are noted in several of the ledgers in regards to packages and COD records. The collection provides a history of postal operations in New Mexico and is of particular use to those interested in postal history and genealogy. 
 Repository:  Postal History Foundation, Peggy J. Slusser Memorial Philatelic Library 
 Subjects:  United States Postal Service. | Post office stations and branches--New Mexico. | Mines and mineral resources--New Mexico--History. | Tyrone (N.M.)--Postal Service--History. 
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