Sharp AZ Bisbee RPPC 1940's STREET SCENE & Town View Near mint

Description

Thanks for looking.
Satisfaction guaranteed.
Type:
Real Photo Postcard
Condition:
Near mint, unused.  Photo is sharp and clear.
Postal History:
EKC Stamp box dates this card to 1939-1950.
Caption:
Bisbee, Arizona.
Additional Information:
Bisbee was founded as a copper, gold, and silver mining town in 1880, and named in honor of Judge DeWitt Bisbee, one of the financial backers of the adjacent Copper Queen Mine.In 1929, the county seat was moved from Tombstone, Arizona to Bisbee, where it remains.
Mining in the Mule Mountains proved quite successful: in the early 20th century the population of Bisbee soared. Incorporated in 1902, by 1910 its population swelled to 9,019 and it sported a constellation of suburbs, including Warren, Lowell, and San Jose, some of which had been founded on their own (ultimately less successful) mines. In 1917, open pit mining was successfully introduced to meet the heavy copper demand due to World War I.
High quality turquoise was a by-product of the copper mining and has been promoted as Bisbee Blue. Bisbee is noted for the astounding variety of copper-based minerals and the superb specimens that have been taken from its mines. Bisbee specimens can be found in museums worldwide. Cuprite, aragonite, wulfenite, malachite, azurite, and galena are just a few of the myriad variety of minerals that have been found underneath the town.
In 1917, the Phelps Dodge Corporation deported 1,185 suspected Industrial Workers of the World miners. This followed a similar incident earlier that year in central Arizona, the Jerome Deportation.
By 1950, boom times were over and the population of the City of Bisbee had dropped to less than 6,000, but the introduction of open-pit mining and continued underground work would see the town escape the fate of many of its early contemporaries. However, in 1975 the Phelps Dodge Corporation finally halted its Bisbee copper-mining operations. The resulting exodus of mine employees might have been the end of the town. Bisbee survived and remains as the county seat.
To the best of our ability we describe all defects, if any. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to email us.
How we grade our Postcards:
MINT - A perfect card just as it comes from the printing press. No marks, or creases, and no writing or postmarks.
A clean, fresh card.
NEAR MINT - Like Mint but with very light aging or very slight discoloration from being in an album for many years.
Not as sharp or crisp.
EXCELLENT - Like near mint in appearance but may have one small defect such as an almost undetectable bend, crease or slightly blunted corner tips, etc. May have writing and postmark only on the address side.
VERY GOOD - May have one or two minor defects such as a light crease, bend, blunted or rounded corners, a small amount of postal ink or writing to front that does not detract from the image. May have writing or postal use on the address side.
GOOD - Corners may be blunt or rounded with noticeable bends or creases. May have soiling to picture side that detracts from the picture. May have heavy postal ink and/or writing to picture side of card that detracts from the picture.
May have writing or postal use on the address side. Card may have a small tear or chipped corner.
FAIR - Card may have a missing corner or be significantly torn. Excess soil, stains, creases, writing, or cancellation
may affect the picture. This could be a scarce card that is difficult to find in any condition.
Note to Washington State Residents:
The State of Washington requires you to pay sales tax unless you have a current, valid Washington State Resale Certificate and provide us the number and a faxed or emailed copy of a signed resale certificate prior to completing your transaction.
SHIPPING
Postcards, blotters, business cards and snapshot photos which sell for less than .99 will be placed in a semi-rigid archival sleeve and mailed via USPS in an appropriately sized envelope.  Postcards, blotters and snapshot photos including combined orders which sell for .99 and above will be placed in a semi-rigid archival sleeve and mailed via USPS in a stay flat mailer using an eBay Shipping Label.  This policy includes all U.S. destinations including Alaska and Hawaii.
All of those mentioned above mailed to non-United States or foreign destinations will be placed in a semi-rigid archival sleeve and mailed via USPS in an appropriately sized envelope regardless of final price.  If upgraded shipping is desired, please contact seller prior to end of auction or placing order for fixed price item.
Large photos, paper ephemera and cabinet cards will be placed in a soft sleeve, then sandwiched between two sheets of chipboard and mailed in an appropriately sized envelope or box, depending on mailing requirements.