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Pancho Villa Post Card Group - Douglas, AZ

Currency:USD Category:Western Americana Start Price:50.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 400.00 USD
Pancho Villa Post Card Group - Douglas, AZ
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Holabird-Kagin Americana Office
3555 Airway Drive Suite#309
Reno, NV 89511
Thursday Feb 20th, 10am-6pm
* Preview also available by appointment

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Friday & Saturday
Feb 20 & 21, 2014
9am PDT starting time, both days

Location
Atlantis Casino & Resort
Paradise A Room
3800 S. Virginia Street
Reno, NV 89502

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Holabird-Kagin Americana Office
3555 Airway Drive Suite #309
Reno, NV 89511
Sunday February 23rd, 10am-1pm

c1915 Lot of 6: B&W post cards related to the 1915 battle near the border towns of Aqua Prieta Mexico and Douglas AZ. The cards include 2 Mexical General's portraits, another depicting battle scenes from the Pancho Villa and Villistas raid on Columbus NM, 1916, and 2 graphically showing dead and executed bodies of the mexican raiders. The final card is of a bobcat holding a rabbit it has caught. These battles were fought over territorial lines, and for dominance of the border areas. These cards are in good to very good condion, with only 1 showing a torn corner. - HKA#65615