Postcard of Massachusetts Street

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Title

Postcard of Massachusetts Street

Subject

Cable Cars (Streetcars) -- Kansas -- Lawrence
Central business districts -- Kansas -- Lawrence

Description

Postcard with a black and white photograph of Massachusetts Street on the front. Photograph is from the top of a building--likely the Douglas County Courthouse--and looks north down Massachusetts Street from the intersection of 11th and Massachusetts. Cars line both sides of the street, and stacks of lumber are visible in the lower right corner of the image. A white border is around the entire photograph. A note is on the back to Lee Ash in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma from M.E. Hunsberger at 821 New Hampshire, Lawrence, Kansas. Postmarked February 25, 1924. Information on where and from whom the postcard was acquired is on the back, 11/5/1990 traded with Arlene Pritchard.

Creator

Hunsberger, M.E.

Source

Fitzpatrick-Postma Collection

Publisher

Unknown

Date

2/25/1924

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_35a)
1_Start_to_Mass_Street_Stores(cp_35b)

Coverage

Massachusetts Street (Lawrence, Kans.)
2/25/1924

Abstract

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

Is Part Of

Album 1: Start to Massachusetts Street Stores

Medium

Photograph
Print
Drawing

Provenance

Acquired by Sally Postma on November 5, 1990.

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Postcard

Physical Dimensions

5 1/2" x 3 1/2"

Files

https://history.lplks.org/files/original/feb6cce298750b73fddd54e643e4860a.jpg
https://history.lplks.org/files/original/b2cd0ca8ab9009c394ca5759eee3a515.jpg

Citation

Hunsberger, M.E., “Postcard of Massachusetts Street,” Digital Douglas County History, accessed December 22, 2024, https://lplks.omeka.net/items/show/356.

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