Name/Title
PostcardEntry/Object ID
1954.220.0001Description
Rawlins in 1890.
Update - 2009: Black & white print card of covered wagons being pulled by mules. They are standing in the street in front of business buildings. There is a group of men standing in a line in front of a building with a sign that reads: "Photographs", another building to left reads: "The Capitol" and "The Bon Ton". In the background are tall buildings with various signs reading: "Hardware", "J C Osborne" "Rawlins Store" A building on photo left: "Saloon"
Photo taken in the 300 Block of Front Street.
Printed in white on original negative: "Rawlins, WYOMING 1890"
Written in blue ink on bottom front: "Given by Mrs C E Albright - Rawlins WYO."
Written on back in blue ink: "Given to museum by Mrs C E Albright 814 - 12th St Rawlins" "Front Street info in file" "Copied by state mounted" "Duplicate"
Printed in black: "PostKarte Carte postale....etc." in foreign languages
Printed on bottom left: "A.H." inside a curvilinear flourish. On covered wagons: "Wyoming Transportation Co"
Condition: Good. Soiled, creased, edges worn, bottom right corner bent, emulsion impacted.
One copy print. Written on back in blue ink: "Front Street info in file:"
Good condition. Wrinkled, irregular border. Size 4 3/8 x 7"
Update July 2011: One colorized print post card. The sky is tinted blue & the roofs of buildings are a blue/grey. A tall building with a chimney on photo left is colored a pale brick color.
Printed on back: "Postkarte....." (in a foreign language). Postmark in a block circle: "Omaha, Neb. Jun 7 1:30 PM 1909" Addressed to: "Frances Olson Rawlins, Wyo." Message: "We saw ..... Marjorie"
Good condition. Black wavy postmarks on front right, right corners bent & paper missing, scuffed, postmark has impacted emulsion, edges worn & paper missing, soiled. Size 3 3/8 x 5 3/8"Collection
Photograph Collection