7 Vintage Postcards Hotel El Hell in Lot

A little slice of Texas on paper: seven white-border postcards that show Amarillo as it looked in its boom years, with a stop at the Hotel El Jardin in Brownsville and the tongue-in-cheek 'Hell in Texas' poem card. Five Amarillo views carry the C.T. American Art Colored mark of Curt Teich & Co. of Chicago, a name postcard collectors know well. Texas history fans, ephemera collectors and scrapbookers will enjoy them, and they would look great framed together.

Details

• The lot includes Northwest Texas Hospital, Municipal Auditorium, an Oil Scene, Potter County Court House and Amarillo High School.
• Also included is a Hotel El Jardin, Brownsville card made by E.C. Kropp Co. of Milwaukee, with the hotel's own advertising on the back, and a 'Hell in Texas' card published by Hewitt News Service of San Antonio.
• All seven are divided-back cards and are unposted, with no stamps or postmarks.

Condition: Toning, soiling and edge and corner wear on all cards; the Hell in Texas card has a visible crease and wrinkling on the back, and the Municipal Auditorium card has a blue-ink handwritten note on the back. See photos.

The photos are part of the description, and your cards will be packed flat and with care.