Postcard Mexico: RPPC Nuevo Mercado Colón, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon 1940\'s For Sale

Description: This striking Real Photo postcard (RPPC) captures the Nuevo Mercado Colón (New Colón Market) in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, circa 1956. The image showcases the market\'s bold Art Deco/Modernist architecture with its multi-story tower and covered arcade, bustling with period vehicles including delivery trucks and automobiles parked out front. A wonderful street-level snapshot of mid-century commercial life in one of Mexico\'s most industrialized cities, with vendor signs including \"Rancho Grande Refrigeración\" visible under the arcade.

Publisher: Kodak photo paper; card numbered 54, identified as \"DO\" series, Monterrey, N.L. Méx.