Postcard

1957.287.0139

1957.287.0139

Name/Title

Postcard

Entry/Object ID

1957.287.0139

Description

State Penitentiary, Rawlins, Wyoming. Update - May 2010: black & white print. Printed on postcard paper. Unused. Snapshot. Image of a large stone multi-story building behind a tall wall. Grass & trees in foreground. Guard tower at corner of wall at center. Water tower at left. Pointed cone roofs on tower at far right. Printed in black ink along lower margin: "Wyoming State Penitentiary Rawlins, Wyoming". Printed on back in black ink: "2R-6" "THIS SIDE FOR MESSAGE" "POST CARD" "PLACE STAMP HERE" [vertically through center] >>>>>Gary & Thompson - Advertising - Chapel Hill, North Carolina <<<<<<<". Paper yellowed. Edge & corner damage; left corners bent & emulsion cracked. Surface missing on back in three places along top edge. Update July 2011: Black & white postcard. Fair condition. Liquid stain, corners bent, soiled, creased, scuffed. Size 3 1/2 x 5 1/2"

Collection

Photograph Collection