Postcard of Massachusetts Street

Dublin Core

Title

Postcard of Massachusetts Street

Subject

Central Business Districts -- Kansas -- Lawrence

Description

Postcard with a black and white photograph of Massachusetts Street on the front. Photograph is looking south down the middle of the street, Merchants Bank can be seen at the end of the left side. At the bottom of the photograph is a black strip with "No. 6062. Mass. Street Looking South, Lawrence, KS." printed in white ink. A white border is at the bottom of the photograph. On the back in the middle "J. Bowers Photographic Co., London-Topeka" is typed sideways in black ink. A note to Miss Ethel McCandless in Natoma, Kansas from Fred at 615 Tennessee Street, Lawrence, Kansas. Postmarked March 23, 1909. Information on when the postcard was acquired is on the back, 10/22/1982. Note: No one under the name of Fred is listed at 615 Tennessee Street in 1909; household was under Charles Varnum.

Creator

Unknown, Fred

Source

Fitzpatrick-Postma Collection

Publisher

J. Bowers Photographic Co.

Date

1909

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_07a)
1_Start_to_Mass_Street_Stores(cp_07b)

Coverage

Massachusetts Street (Lawrence, Kans.)
3/23/1909

Abstract

Postcard with a black and white photograph of Massachusetts Street on the front. Manufacturing information on the back. Acquisition information on the back. Note on the back.

Date Modified

3/23/1909

Is Part Of

Album 1: Start to Massachusetts Street Stores

Medium

Photograph
Print
Drawing

Provenance

Acquired by Charline Fitzpatrick or Sally Postma on October 22, 1982.

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Postcard

Physical Dimensions

5 1/2" x 3 1/2"

Files

https://history.lplks.org/files/original/e9a2cb60a55f8767e2e25f28629b7256.jpg
https://history.lplks.org/files/original/2b65fd21a33790484610c45a5926e285.jpg

Citation

Unknown, Fred, “Postcard of Massachusetts Street,” Digital Douglas County History, accessed December 22, 2024, https://lplks.omeka.net/items/show/328.

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