Antique & Vintage Postcards

A hand-colored linen-era gem mailed from the border town of Ciudad Juárez on July 9, 1932 — Old Mission Guadalupe, established 1549, stands in sun-baked dignity against a vivid turquoise sky, its squat bell tower and whitewashed adobe walls practically radiating desert heat. This Franciscan mission is among the oldest continuously operating churches in North America, and the postcard captures it during the lean Depression-era years when cross-border tourism provided modest relief to the local economy. The card was sent to Mr. and Mrs. Charles (first name: Charles) in Honeoye Falls, New York, bearing a crisp double C. Juárez / Chihuahua cancellation in black ink. Published by American Art Colored and printed in the USA, catalog number 2005, this is a classic Teich-adjacent product of its era.