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LA POSTA, restaurant at the corner of the town plaza in old Mesilla, whose adobe walls are associated with many historical events of the Southwest. Mesilla was the capital of Mexican Territory purchased by the United States in 1853 under the Godsden Purchase and it is said the treaty was signed in this building.
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La Posta, Mesilla, New Mexico
LA POSTA, restaurant at the corner of the town plaza in old Mesilla, whose adobe walls are associated with many historical events of the Southwest. Mesilla was the capital of Mexican Territory purchased by the United States in 1853 under the Godsden Purchase and it is said the treaty was signed in this building.
Publisher: Union Oil Co. of California (founded in 1890)
American
1950
Medium/Technique
Photochrome on card stock.
Dimensions
Horizontal: 8.9 x 14 cm (3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Leonard A. Lauder Postcard Archive—Gift of Leonard A. Lauder
Accession Number2015.11393
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPostcards
DescriptionBack: divided. Mint. TOUR THE WEST THIS YEAR WITH 76 UNION GASOLINE
UNION OIL COMPANY'S Natural Color Scenes of the West.
MADE IN U.S.A.
UNION OIL COMPANY'S Natural Color Scenes of the West.
MADE IN U.S.A.
ProvenanceBetween 1950 and 2015, acquired by Leonard A. Lauder, New York, from various postcard dealers in Europe and the United States; 2015, gift of Leonard A. Lauder to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 24, 2015)