Name/Title
PostcardEntry/Object ID
1948.040.0117Description
Post card photo of the State Pen, 1913.
Update - 2009: Black & white print. Printed on postcard paper. Image of a multistory stone building with castle-like turrets on main vertical section. Fence running along front of building; hills in background. Dirt road & telephone pole in foreground.
Printed on lower edge: "State Penitentiary, Rawlins, Wyo."
Printed in black ink on back" "Post {Griffin Logo} Card" "This space may be used for correspondence" "For Address Only" [Vertically on left side] "1018 Published by N.A.Tyler Stores, Co; Rawlins, Wyo."
Used. Stamp has been torn off. Postmarked "Rawlins" Wyo: [unreadable] Second Postmark" "Thornberg Aug 21 am 1913 COLO." Addressed to Mr. Junior Rush Thornberg COLO. % John Wilson" [NOTE: Thornberg has been crossed out at later date & replaced by "Meeker"]
Paper yellowed & soiled. Edge & corner damage. Surface missing where stamp was removed.Collection
Photograph Collection