Postcard of Bowersock Mills

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Title

Postcard of Bowersock Mills

Subject

Bowersock Mills and Power Company

Description

Postcard with a colored image of Bowersock Mills on the front. Image is of the two mills with the bridge in the foreground and the railroad tracks underneath. Image is a photograph colored in by hand. At the top of the left side "Home of Zephyr Flour. Bowersock Mills and Power Co., Lawrence, Kansas." is typed in black ink. A testimony is typed on the back about the quality of Zephyr Flour written by D.S. Griffeth. Postcard is address to William Swigart in Maquon, Illinois.Postmarked February 21, 1913. Information on when and where the postcard was acquired is on the back, 11/8/1998 from GA.

Creator

Bowersock Mills & Power Company

Source

Fitzpatrick-Postma Collection

Publisher

Unknown

Date

2/21/1913
2/21/1913

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_100a)
1_Start_to_Mass_Street_Stores(cp_100b)

Coverage

Bowersock Mills
500 South Powerhouse Road (Lawrence, Kans.)
2/21/1913

Abstract

Postcard with a colored image of Bowersock Mills on the front. Acquisition 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 Sally Postma on November 8, 1998.

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Postcard

Physical Dimensions

5 1/2" x 3 1/2"

Files

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Citation

Bowersock Mills & Power Company, “Postcard of Bowersock Mills,” Digital Douglas County History, accessed March 29, 2024, https://history.lplks.org/items/show/419.

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