Marfa, Texas ~ Main Street & County Courthouse 1918 ~ Real Photo Postcard RPPC

Description: An original Real Photo Postcard RPPC of Marfa, Texas showing Main Street and the Presidio County Courthouse in the center. The image is very clear showing great detail of the county courthouse that was built in 1886 and of a number of businesses along Main Street. Postally used. The postcard is in excellent overall condition. Corners are slightly bumped. Please look at the photos as they are part of the description. Postage includes full coverage insurance. The Presidio County courthouse was designed by San Antonio architect Alfred Giles. Giles beat out eighteen other competitors to submit the winning bid on designing the 1886 courthouse at a cost of $60,000. Giles modeled the Second Empire style building after the El Paso courthouse he also designed in 1886. When the structure was completed, the county held a celebratory grand ball on January 1, 1887. I have been collecting real photo postcard images of Far West Texas for over thirty years and have decided to start selling some of my treasures so that other collectors can enjoy them. They will not be cheap because of the rarity of the cards. Also, because of the time and trouble I have invested in them. I traveled tens of thousands of miles to different towns and cities throughout Texas and some other states going to postcard, book and paper, collector and gun shows. Checking out antique shops and second hand stores. Going to auctions before eBay existed and spending tens of thousands of hours culling through hundreds of thousands of postcards. Then came eBay and I have spent over ten thousand hours going through hundreds of thousands of postcards. I paid dearly for the items I offer on eBay as a collector, what I am trying to say is the search, finding, buying, storing and protecting took a lot of time, money and effort. I might end up having my collection cataloged and then selling it to an academic institution to realize the biggest return on my investment, but I will wait to see how it goes on eBay first.

Price: 449.88 USD

Location: Austin, Texas

End Time: 2024-11-08T02:21:20.000Z

Shipping Cost: 10 USD