Postcard of the Lawrence Auto Club

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Title

Postcard of the Lawrence Auto Club

Subject

Central Business Districts -- Kansas -- Lawrence
Haskell Institute

Description

Postcard with a black and white photograph of the Lawrence Auto Club on the front. Photograph is looking south down Massachusetts Street and shows a line of cars parked along the right side of the street. At the bottom of the photograph "Lawrence Auto Club" / "Entertaining Haskell Quarter Cent Visitors" / "6/17th/09" is printed in white ink. At the bottom right side "Photo by Lawrence" is printed in white ink.On the back along the left side "Alfred Lawrence, Photographer, Lawrence, Kan." is printed sideways in black ink. A note is typed to Mrs. Tom Pollock in Kansas City, Kansas from Lawrence Kansas. Note states that the third car is Mr. Bullene's. Postmarked June 22, 1909. Note: Newspaper article states that the Lawrence Auto Club drove parents of Haskell Institute students around Lawrence.

Creator

Writer unknown

Source

Fitzpatrick-Postma Collection

Publisher

Lawrence, A. (Alfred), photographer

Date

6/22/1909

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_31a)
1_Start_to_Mass_Street_Stores(cp_31b)

Coverage

Massachusetts Street (Lawrence, Kans.)
6/22/1909
Acquisition date unknown

Abstract

Postcard with a black and white photograph of the Lawrence Auto Club on the front. Manufacturing information on the back. Note on the back.

Is Part Of

Album 1: Start to Massachusetts Street Stores

Is Referenced By

June 17, 1909 Independence Daily Reporter article

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/feb845890a93f16a3966a8a2f62a0f49.jpg
https://s3.amazonaws.com/omeka-net/24748/archive/files/2942ab1c393d1f3fa071b6454a3dbe46.jpg

Citation

Writer unknown, “Postcard of the Lawrence Auto Club,” Digital Douglas County History, accessed December 22, 2024, https://history.lplks.org/items/show/351.

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