Description
This vintage postcard showcases El Paso, Texas’s impressive Civic Center, featuring the U.S. Courthouse, City Hall, and World War Memorial. The El Paso County Courthouse, a city block-sized building with a “roof garden jail” and a 6,000-seat auditorium, is also prominently displayed. This postcard, mailed in the 1940s, depicts numerous vintage cars and boasts muted pastel colors with accents of red and green.
Front Text (cleaned):
Civic Center, showing the U.S. Courthouse, City Hall, World War Memorial, and El Paso County Courthouse, El Paso, Texas
Back Text (cleaned):
E.P. 3-CIVIC CENTER, EL PASO, TEXAS
The El Paso County Courthouse to the right, covering a city block, contains modern features, such as a "roof garden jail" and public auditorium with 6,000 seating capacity. The United States Courthouse capacity 26 was completed and occupied in 1945.
26 Dec.
Nove a cold in head, but this climate should shake it out.
Carlsbad Thurs. Palacious & alligators.
8. Murieta Friday. Then in and home.
Now's the snow? across top of Florida.
Love, Robert
Mrs. R.N.C. Kellas
2205 California St NW
Washington 8, D.C.
