Postcard of Peerless Cafe

Dublin Core

Title

Postcard of Peerless Cafe

Subject

Central Business Districts -- Kansas -- Lawrence

Description

Postcard with a black and white photograph of Peerless Cafe on the front. Photograph depicts the store front with a man and woman standing in front of the door. On the back is a note to Mrs. H.J. Landon in Eudora, Kansas from her sister Effie in Lawrence, Kansas. Note indicates that Effie is an owner of the store. Postmarked October 18, 1909. Information on when the postcard was acquired is on the back, 10/21/1988.

Creator

Unknown, Effie

Source

Fitzpatrick-Postma Collection

Publisher

Publisher unknown

Date

10/18/1909

Contributor

Fitzpatrick, Charline
Postma, Sally
Carttar, Rosalea
Carttar, Peter

Rights

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Format

Still Image

Language

English

Type

Postcard

Identifier

2_Weavers_to_Wren_Building(cp_37a)
2_Weavers_to_Wren_Building(cp_37b)

Coverage

Peerless Cafe
1009 Massachusetts Street (Lawrence, Kan.)
10/18/1909
10/21/1988

Date Modified

10/18/1909

Is Part Of

Album 2: Weavers to Wren Building

Medium

Photograph
Print
Drawing

Provenance

Acquired by Sally Postma on October 21, 1988.

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/1b65fbe0e27d8b4ba99fe0641959d78b.jpg
https://s3.amazonaws.com/omeka-net/24748/archive/files/c0db89adca54687a75bbf84f997316d4.jpg

Citation

Unknown, Effie, “Postcard of Peerless Cafe,” Digital Douglas County History, accessed March 28, 2024, https://history.lplks.org/items/show/666.

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