Postcard Mexico: La Casa Y Las Ninas, A Mexican Home, DB Posted 1917 For Sale

Description: This colorized postcard titled \"La Casa Y Las Ninas, A Mexican Home\" depicts two thatched-roof structures typical of rural Mexican vernacular architecture, with two figures standing in the dirt courtyard between them. A palm tree and lush vegetation frame the scene. The card was copyrighted by Robert Runyon, a well-known photographer and publisher active along the Texas-Mexico border in the early 20th century.

Publisher: Robert Runyon (copyright credit on front).

Posted: Posted circa 1917, from a sender identifying themselves as being with the Medical Corps, 1st Va. Sgt., to Miss Sadie Sisson, Buchanan, Va., R.F.D. The message references camp life and mentions \"your cousin Sister.\" Handwritten note on the front reads \"I see lots of houses like this.\"