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"
Collection
Citation
Metcalf, M.J., “Postcard of Bowersock Mills,” Digital Douglas County History, accessed December 22, 2024, https://history.lplks.org/items/show/421.
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