Postcard of Massachusetts Street

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Title

Postcard of Massachusetts Street

Subject

Central Business Districts -- Kansas -- Lawrence

Description

Postcard with a colored image of Massachusetts Street on the front. Image is looking north from the center of the street. trolleys are on both streetcar lines, cars and horse drawn carriages are also in the street. Image is a photograph colored in by hand. At the top of postcard "Massachusetts Street, Lawrence, Kans." is printed in red ink. On the back in the middle "Lawrence Post Card and Novelty Co., Pub." is typed sideways in black ink. A note is written on the back to Mrs. Ellen Dane in Chicope[e] Falls, Massachusetts from Lawrence, Kansas. Dated and postmarked February 4, 1911.

Creator

Writer unknown

Source

Fitzpatrick-Postma Collection

Publisher

Lawrence Post Card and Novelty Company, publisher

Date

2/4/1911
2/4/1911

Contributor

Fitzpatrick, Charline
Postma, Sally
Carttar, Rosalea
Carttar, Peter

Rights

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Format

Still Image

Language

English

Type

Postcard

Identifier

1_Start_to_Mass_Street_Stores(cp_77a)
1_Start_to_Mass_Street_Stores(cp_77b)

Coverage

Massachusetts Street (Lawrence, Kansas)
2/4/1911
Acquisition date unknown

Abstract

Postcard with a colored image of Massachusetts Street on the front. Manufacturing information on the back. Note on the back.

Is Part Of

Album 1: Start to Massachusetts Street Stores

Medium

Photograph
Print
Drawing

Provenance

Acquired by Charline Fitzpatrick or Sally Postma.

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Postcard

Physical Dimensions

5 1/2" x 3 1/2"

Files

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Citation

Writer unknown, “Postcard of Massachusetts Street,” Digital Douglas County History, accessed December 1, 2024, https://973186.dfklpuvz8.asia/items/show/397.

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