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Two vintage linen-era souvenir postcard view folders, circa 1940s, sold together as one lot. Photos show the actual items.
1) LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - "Souvenir Views - 20 Colored Views" folder (red and white sleeve)COMPLETE: all 20 loose linen view cards are present. Card backs are unused and unwritten.Views include:- "Where the Real West Begins - the Land of Golden Sunsets" (cover card, prospector with burros)- Fremont Street by day and at night, with Golden Nugget, Pioneer Club, Boulder Club and Hotel Apache signs- Gaming clubs at night- El Rancho Vegas- Swimming pool, Hotel Last Frontier- El Cortez Hotel- Hotel Nevada Biltmore- Clark County Court House- Union Pacific depot and Union Pacific park- Union Pacific streamliner "City of Los Angeles"- Roulette and wheel of fortune gaming scenes- Boulder Dam area- Desert Prospector and His Covered WagonBack of the sleeve reads "Postage 1 1/2 cent without message" and "Desert Souvenir Supply, Boulder City, Nevada."Condition: the sleeve has edge wear and small tears, and its top flap is now DETACHED. The flap is included but has not been repaired. One card back (Desert Prospector) has faint mirror-image ink offset from the card next to it, shown in the photos. The other card backs are clean.
2) BIG BEAR LAKE, CALIFORNIA - "20 Views Art Colortone" folder, distributed by Frasher's, Inc., Pomona, Calif.INCOMPLETE: 18 of the 20 loose linen view cards are present (2 are missing).Views include Boulder Bay, Treasure Island, Sunrise and Sunset on Big Bear Lake, Bridle Path near the Dam, Grout Bay, "Rim O' The World" Highway across Big Bear Lake Dam (with old cars), Big Bear Lake from Castle Rock, and "A Native Son" of the San Bernardino Mts. (grizzly bear).Back of the sleeve reads "Postage 1 1/2 cent without message."Condition: the sleeve has a small tear at the top right corner and light edge wear.
Both folders are originals, not reprints. These are from my own collection. Please look at all the photos, because they are part of the description.
Shipping: ships flat and protected via USPS Ground Advantage.
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