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Postcard 1920s Tijuana Mexico Race Track Club House Grand Stand Linen
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Linen · 1929

Postcard 1920s Tijuana Mexico Race Track Club House Grand Stand Linen

Tijuana, Mexico1929LinenFair-Good

Sun-baked and festive, this linen-era postcard captures the Club House and Grand Stand of the famous Tijuana Race Track during its Prohibition-era heyday — a packed grandstand stretches behind a castellated entrance tower flying pennants, while a broad infield lawn shimmers in the California-adjacent light, all rendered in the warm, slightly fantastical palette of early American color lithography. The Tijuana racetrack (Agua Caliente, opened 1929) became one of the most glamorous sporting destinations in North America during U.S. Prohibition, drawing Hollywood celebrities and gamblers just across the border. This card, published by the M. Kashower Co. of Los Angeles, was mailed from Tijuana to Ruth in Columbus, Ohio — the sender, who signs with just a looping initial, tells Ruth that he and "Joe" spent a Sunday here, a fleeting human moment from a vanished pleasure palace. The Mexican 4-centavo stamp and the partial "B. CFA." cancellation are consistent with a late-1920s mailing date.

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PC-02618 · M. Kashower Co., Los Angeles, Cal.
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