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Montgomery Ward & Company Building, Chicago, Illinois

1905 / Creator Unknown

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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

~ “Montgomery Ward & Company Building, Chicago, Illinois,” Portsmouth Public Library's Online Archives, accessed November 22, 2024, https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/3728.

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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

Format

JPG derived from TIF

Language

eng

Type

StillImage

Identifier

PPL-MS: 1995.1.IX.017