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Postcard 1960s Nogales Sonora Mexico Border Port of Entry Chrome Unused
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Chrome · 1965

Postcard 1960s Nogales Sonora Mexico Border Port of Entry Chrome Unused

Nogales, Sonora, Mexico1965ChromeExcellent

Twin parabolic arches sweep boldly over the US–Mexico port of entry at Nogales, Sonora, in this vivid chrome-era aerial view shot from the rooftop of the Hotel Fray Marcus de Niza — the modernist gateway architecture gleaming white against sun-bleached Sonoran hills in a scene that perfectly encapsulates mid-century optimism about cross-border commerce and tourism. Signs for a roadside café and the liquor store of Casa Arvizu anchor the foreground in the everyday rhythms of a border town that was, by the 1960s, a booming destination for American day-trippers seeking duty-free goods and Sonoran cuisine. Published by Petley Studios of Phoenix and shot by Dick Parrish, this card is unused and in excellent condition, a sharp chrome example of the border-town postcard genre beloved by collectors of Southwestern and Latin American Americana.

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PC-05005 · Petley Studios, Phoenix, Arizona
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