April 12, 2024
Real Photo RPPC of Columbus, New Mexico, 1912. NM Pancho Villa
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Up for auction is an original, real photo postcard of a view of Columbus, New Mexico in 1912. Real estate office, windmill, and men on horses. Iconic western image, and prior to the raid by Panch Villa's forces. Identified in the negative. Unused, and at one time was glued to a scrapbook. Trimmed by the original owner, with the current size being 2 & 3/4" x 5 &1/2" inches. Great look into times gone by. Original postcard, and not a digital reproduction. from a 100% ebayer. Item comes from a smoke free home, and will be shipped in a stiffened envelope. Shipping is a flat $1.00 in the USA and will be gladly combined. USA sale only, please. Thank you for viewing my auction, and have f un with the bidding! On March 9, 1916, on the orders of Mexican revolutionary leader Francisco "Pancho" Villa , (Colonel) Francisco Beltrán, (Colonel) Candelario Cervantes, (General) Nicolás Fernández, (General) Pablo López and others led five hundred men in an attack against the town, which was garrisoned by a detachment of the U.S. 13th Cavalry Regiment .[ 1] Villa's army burned a part of the town and killed seven or eight soldiers and 10 residents before retreating back into Mexico. Based upon further research, I discovered that the view is of the Hellberg and Blair Real Estate office. I found this on the www. HELLBERG & BLAIR (LOUIS Hellberg, J
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