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Greetings from Ciudad Juárez
- Date
- c. 1940s
- State
- Chihuahua
- City
- Ciudad Juarez
- Format
- Postcard
Buildings and groups of people occupy the tall letters of JUÁREZ. The postcard names the city and uses the period wording Old Mexico beneath the illustrated views.
Ciudad Juárez was once known as Paso del Norte. Its location on the Río Bravo made it a point of passage and trade between northern Mexico and what is now El Paso.
Sources
- Original postcard, front and back · Crumb Paper Archive
- Newberry Library · History of large-letter postcards
- Ciudad Juárez, punto fundamental en la colonización de los territorios del norte | Secretaría de Cultura | Gobierno | gob.mx