Description
A colorized view shows the Santa Fe Limited train stopped beside a platform lined with palm trees and a curved balcony in the foreground. Small figures stand along the platform, including people in traditional dress selling beadwork near the train. Mountains and a long wall stretch across the background behind the tracks. The card is dated from the early 1900s, likely the 1900s decade.
Front Text (verbatim):
12286 THE SANTA FE LIMITED, NEEDLES, CALIF.
INDIANS SELLING BEADWORK IN FRONT OF EL GARCES HOTEL
Back Text (verbatim):
POST CARD
The town of NEEDLES is but a few miles
beyond the Colorado River in California. It is
a division point on the Santa Fe. Close to
Needles live the remnant of the once powerful
and warlike tribe of Indians, the Mojaves, now
beggarly hangers-on to civilization, who love
to congregate around the trains and offer their
wares to passengers.
River boats ply between the town and the
Gulf of California.
PLACE STAMP
HERE.
UNITED STATES
AND CANADA.
ONE CENT.
FOREIGN. TWO
CENTS
'PHOSTINT' CARD. MADE ONLY BY DETROIT PUBLISHING CO.
TRADE MARK, REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.
THIS SPACE MAY BE USED FOR MESSAGE.
THIS SPACE FOR THE ADDRESS.
