Postcard of Bowersock Mills

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Title

Postcard of Bowersock Mills

Subject

Bowersock Mills and Power Company

Description

Postcard with a colored image of Bowersock Mills on the front. Image is of the two mills with the bridge in the foreground and the railroad tracks underneath. Image is a photograph colored in by hand. At the top of the left side "Home of Zephyr Flour, Bowersock Mills and Power Co., Lawrence, Kansas." is typed in black ink. A note is typed on the back to a Mrs. Joe Chumworth in Albany, Missouri from T.V. Smith at the Cash Store in New Hampton, Missouri. Note is about a Zephyr Flour giveaway. Postmarked August 29, 1912. Information on when and where the postcard was acquired is on the back, 5/25/1997 from KCPS.

Creator

Smith, T.V.

Source

Fitzpatrick-Postma Collection

Publisher

Unknown

Date

8/29/1912
8/29/1912

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_95a)
1_Start_to_Mass_Street_Stores(cp_95b)

Coverage

Bowersock Mills
500 South Powerhouse Road (Lawrence, Kans.)
8/29/1912

Abstract

Postcard with a colored image of Bowersock Mills on the front. Acquisition information 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 May 25, 1997.

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Postcard

Physical Dimensions

5 1/2" x 3 1/2"

Files

https://history.lplks.org/files/original/5419c6d0a259e65ed3ca235b339262e5.jpg
https://history.lplks.org/files/original/541567d851718ac84a2259e1ea764b10.jpg

Citation

Smith, T.V., “Postcard of Bowersock Mills,” Digital Douglas County History, accessed December 20, 2024, https://lplks.omeka.net/items/show/416.

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