Postcard of Massachusetts Street

Dublin Core

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 from the top of a building looking southwest. Image is a photograph colored in by hand. At the top of the right side "Lawrence, Kansas, Massachusetts Street" is typed in red ink. On the back along the left side "Pub. by C.W. Mettner, Lawrence, Kans. (Printed in Germany) 10702" is printed sideways in green ink. A note is written on the back to Miss Edith Johnson in Topeka, Kansas from A.J.W. in Lawrence, Kansas. Note is about a Washburn football game. Dated and postmarked November 9, 1908.

Creator

A.J.W.

Source

Fitzpatrick-Postma Collection

Publisher

Mettner, Carl W., photographer

Date

11/9/1908
11/9/1908

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_75a)
1_Start_to_Mass_Street_Stores(cp_75b)

Coverage

Massachusetts Street (Lawrence, Kansas)
11/9/1908
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

https://s3.amazonaws.com/omeka-net/24748/archive/files/1545d227ae810b73803761732ac0927d.jpg
https://s3.amazonaws.com/omeka-net/24748/archive/files/b3809b7235b938d9a899950fefed0b6d.jpg

Citation

A.J.W., “Postcard of Massachusetts Street,” Digital Douglas County History, accessed March 29, 2024, https://history.lplks.org/items/show/395.

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