Description: Here is a nice old RPPC Real Photo Post Card for your collection! This card comes from a 40 year collection of fine postcards including RP's. Hold To Lights, Halloween postcards, Expositions, better Santa's and much more! Check out the others in my eBay store and stop back often for new listings! Here is a rare one! This postcard shows a nice early view of a small town company railroad line in the Adirondacks. Men sit atop the steam locomotive in the snow! The side of the tender reads De Grasse Paper Company. The Degrasse Paper Company had its offices in Carthage, NY and its paper mill in the Adirondack foothill village of Pyrites. The paper company had a twenty year contract with the New York World newspaper to provide a million dollars worth of paper a year. Pyrites is in the Town of Canton. The community was originally known as "Long Rapids". The DeGrasse River Paper Company started processing pulp wood and making newsprint in 1904. At its peak, the mill was churning out 200 tons of newsprint a day, which was loaded onto company locomotives and sent to New York City. Some of the equipment: three pulp-steaming boilers, twelve foot wide paper machines, a building entirely devoted to chipping spruce and hemlock. The whole operation depended on acid made from iron disulfide – iron pyrite - which is also known as "fool's gold," and which was abundant in the area. That's where Pyrites gets its name. Card back is divided and is not postmarked. Condition is good as shown. Guaranteed vintage and original. The watermark is not on the postcard you are buying here. All of our cards are shipped safely inside a rigid postcard mailer. Please note: If this card is sold under $20 it can be shipped with eBay's new Standard Envelope option as a less expensive shipping option for the buyer. Limited tracking is completed only through your eBay app and found is in your transaction history. Normal USPS Ground Advantage or Priority shipping provides better door to door tracking. Shop all of our postcards for sale in our eBay store and save on combined shipping! New cards added daily!
Price: 49.99 USD
Location: Sarasota, Florida
End Time: 2024-12-10T11:18:08.000Z
Shipping Cost: 10.45 USD
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Item Specifics
Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Unit of Sale: Single Unit
Size: Standard (5.5 x 3.5 in)
Signed: No
Custom Bundle: No
Material: Cardboard
City: Pyrites
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Subject: Paper Mill
Type: Real Photo (RPPC)
Continent: North America
Era: Real Photo (1900-Now)
Country: United States
Region: New York
Theme: Cities & Towns, Transportation
Time Period Manufactured: 1900-1919
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Postage Condition: Unposted
