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 plant and the Zephyr Flour building. Image is a photograph colored in by hand. At the top of the image "Bowersock Mills & Power Co., Lawrence, Kans. - 20" is typed in black ink. A white border is around the entire image. On the back at the top left side is information on the Bowersock Mill, notably that the original mill was destroyed by a flood in 1903. At the back in the middle "Made in U.S.A. by E.C. Kropp Co., Milwaukee" is typed sideways in blue ink. A note is written on the back to Mrs. S.M. Carmean in Kansas City, Missouri from her son Jim in Lawrence, Kansas. Postmarked October 9, 1933.
Creator
Unknown, Jim
Source
Fitzpatrick-Postma Collection
Publisher
E.C. Kropp Co.
Date
10/9/1933
10/9/1933
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_91a)
1_Start_to_Mass_Street_Stores(cp_91b)
Coverage
Bowersock Mills
500 South Powerhouse Road (Lawrence, Kans.)
10/9/1933
Acquisition date unknown
Abstract
Postcard with a colored image of the Bowersock Mills 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"
Collection
Citation
Unknown, Jim, “Postcard of Bowersock Mills,” Digital Douglas County History, accessed November 22, 2024, https://history.lplks.org/items/show/411.
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