The Private Presses of New Mexico

Ranchos Press

Vancil Foster Greeting Cards

Vancil Foster Greeting Cards

Vancil Foster Greeting Cards featured Southwest imagery popularized by New Mexico’s growing tourism. Designed by various Taos artists, they were hand colored by a host of young women recruited from the East with promises of adventure and a healthy climate. Courtesy Leona Foster, Ranchos de Taos.

Margaret Hale and Joseph OKane Foster Ralph Pearson and Margaret Hale Vancil Foster Greeting Cards
Foster letterhead The Great Montezuma
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