Description: Offered is a Super Sought After, Rare in this Condition (Scarce in any Condition), Vintage 1939 Postcard (dated by # at border) featuring the Illustrious First Baptist Church at Fort Worth, Texas & its Pastor of (at the time) 39 Years, Dr J Frank Norris. The Church had the distinction of being the largest Baptist Church in the World with a Membership of over Twelve Thousand! * PC is New Old Stock, essentially in 'new", Near Mint Condition. (Available cards are crisp, clean, with slightest bit of age toning to versos (which is what keeps them from being absolutely Mint ... they're pretty darn close and some might think I'm being too picky!). This postcard is from the Curt Teich Archives. The card has been in our possession for approximately 15+ years ... long before the Curteich digitally archived collection found its permanent home with The Newberry Institute. At the time of our acquisition, the Lake County Discovery Museum in IL was the custodian of the company's records, having served in that capacity since 1982. Domestic shipping by eBay Standard Envelope to include tracking (to postal hub nearest destination rather than to buyer's address) and insurance. Rigid mailer. Check out our other offerings. Happy to combine shipping where able. We do have tens of thousands of cards from the Curt Teich Archives and will be listing them as well as tens of thousands of others ... all types and locales. Many are categorized. If you're looking for a certain topic, let us know. Selling on eBay as early as 1997. "The Mermaid" is also still a bonded auctioneer and real estate broker who spent the past "many" decades' specializing in books, ephemera, estates, and real estate. Just shy of two million books sold to date. Books and paper aside, if it is "Stuff", she has sold it! She has now returned to eBay. Health issues have brought us back. We are even selling our own collections! And ... we are picky. If we wouldn't add it to our own collections, we won't sell it. Hope you find something that you want, need, and, most important of all, will enjoy! We look forward to transacting with you and making new eBay friends and customers. Thanking you for your patronage in advance ... ! As to our "standard operating procedures": Our normal shipping & handling time is three (3) days. We ship weekdays with the exception of US federal holidays. We will ship with either free shipping or calculated shipping ... it depends on the given scenario. Often, calculated shipping will include insurance - again, depending on the item. Payment is expected at time of purchase or close of auction, whichever is applicable. This also applies to "best offer accepted" transactions. Non-paying purchasers or bidders will be blocked from future transactions. The same goes for winning bidders seeking to have sales cancelled. That said, prior to the end of any auctions, bids can be cancelled through the HELP section of eBay. If respective bidders are found to be cancelling bids in an excessive manner, however, they will be blocked from future transactions. Shill bidding is not tolerated and will be reported. "The Mermaid" is happy to ship globally.** (See below.) For such transactions, "calculated" shipping fees apply and Insurance will be required if not already included in applicable postal fee. **Unfortunately, there are a few destinations to which we cannot and will not ship. That circumstance involves a fluid dynamic the specifics of which may not be clear until point of sale. If such is the case, we will allow the transaction to be cancelled at our discretion and without any negative reporting made to eBay. WE ARE GLAD TO BE BACK!
Price: 19.99 USD
Location: Kingston, New Hampshire
End Time: 2024-08-22T13:01:30.000Z
Shipping Cost: 1.55 USD
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Item Specifics
All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Unit of Sale: Single Unit
Number of Items in Set: 1
Artist: Unknown
Featured Person: J FRANK NORRIS - PASTOR
Occasion: Showcasing the First Baptist Church at Fort Worth TX
Size: Standard (5.5 x 3.5 in)
Signed: No
Material: Paper
Year Manufactured: 1939
City: FORT WORTH
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Brand/Publisher: Curt Teich
Subject: FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH J FRANK NORRIS PASTOR FORT WORTH TX PC
Type: Linen Postcard
Continent: North America
Era: Linen (1930-1945)
Theme: Advertising, Cities & Towns, Community Life, Religious, Churches
Country: United States
Region: Texas
Features: Divided Back, Teich Art-Colortone, Cream Border
Time Period Manufactured: 1930-1939
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Unit Quantity: 1
Postage Condition: Unposted