Montgomery Ward & Company Building, Chicago, Illinois
1905 / Creator Unknown
Collection: Henry Clay Barnabee Collection
A colorized photographic postcard of a large building with many people on the streets surrounding it. Text on the front reads "Chicago, Montgomery Ward & Co. Building," There is a handwritten note on the front, which reads "Got home from [illegible] yesterday A.M. Was there 3 weeks, found your letter had just arrived ahead of me. I was mighty glad to get it. [Illegible] got here from So. Haven Sunday, [illegible] write very [illegible], leaves this P.M. for Fox Lake - Lots of Love." The back of the postcard is addressed to Mrs. Henry Clay Barnabee, Innisfail, Vineyard Haven, Mass, and is postmarked August 22, 1905.Tex
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Title
Montgomery Ward & Company Building, Chicago, Illinois
Subject
Chicago (Ill.)
Description
A colorized photographic postcard of a large building with many people on the streets surrounding it. Text on the front reads "Chicago, Montgomery Ward & Co. Building," There is a handwritten note on the front, which reads "Got home from [illegible] yesterday A.M. Was there 3 weeks, found your letter had just arrived ahead of me. I was mighty glad to get it. [Illegible] got here from So. Haven Sunday, [illegible] write very [illegible], leaves this P.M. for Fox Lake - Lots of Love." The back of the postcard is addressed to Mrs. Henry Clay Barnabee, Innisfail, Vineyard Haven, Mass, and is postmarked August 22, 1905.Tex
Source
Henry Clay Barnabee Collection
Publisher
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Date
1905
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Format
JPG derived from TIF
Language
eng
Type
StillImage
Identifier
PPL-MS: 1995.1.IX.017