1910 photo postcard of U.S. Mail stagecoach Salmon Idaho

$35.00 CAD

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Nice early photo postcard of mail stagecoach serving remote areas of Idaho in the early 1900s.

Salmon Idaho le 23 N-obre 1910
Le portrait de la carte represente la voiture qui transportait la poste le printemps dernier avant qu’il y est le chemin de fer…
(The image on this card is the coach that transported the mail last spring before there was the railway…)

 

Printed on negative at bottom '1180A U.S. Mail, Salmon, Idaho'

Mfgd. By M.L. Zercher Book and Sta. Co. Topeka KS

Postmarked ‘Sunfield Idaho NOV 23 1910’ and mailed to France (stamp removed) along with receipt postmark from France. Rare postmark from short-lived small town.

Crease UL corner.

(Red text is an electronic watermark that is not physically part of the photo for sale)

 

"Few people remember Sunfield, Idaho. That was before Tendoy, Idaho was on the map. My uncle, Charles Lipe, ran the store and Post Office at Sunfield. Most of his business was from the Indians at the reservation…

The stage coach from Red Rock enroute to Salmon stopped at the CO. Lipe General Merchandise Store and Post Office at Sunfield, Idaho around 1900. Passengers, mail and merchandise were carried by these early day rigs. The town and Post Office of Sunfield no longer exist.

Centennial history of Lemhi County, Idaho"

https://archive.org/stream/centennialhistor00lemh/centennialhistor00lemh_djvu.txt