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 mills from across the Kaw River. Image is a photograph colored in by hand. At the top of the left side "Zephyr Flour. Water Power Plant, Bowersock Mills and Power Co., Lawrence, Kansas." it typed in black ink. A note is written on the back to E. Mann in Columbus, Iowa from M.J. Metcalf, a Zephyr Flour salesman in Lehigh, Iowa. Postmarked March 25, 1912. Information on when and where the postcard was acquired is on the back, 5/29/1994 from Lenexa.

Creator

Metcalf, M.J.

Source

Fitzpatrick-Postma Collection

Publisher

Unknown

Date

3/25/1912

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_103a)
1_Start_to_Mass_Street_Stores(cp_103b)

Coverage

Bowersock Mills
500 South Powerhouse Road (Lawrence, Kans.)
3/25/1912
5/29/1994

Abstract

Postcard with a colored image of Bowersock Mills on the front. Acquisition information on the back. Note on the back.

Date Modified

3/25/1912

Is Part Of

Album 1: Start to Massachusetts Street Stores

Medium

Photograph
Print
Drawing

Provenance

Acquired by Sally Postma on May 29, 1994.

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Postcard

Physical Dimensions

5 1/2" x 3 1/2"

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