Main Street: Main Street and Millburn Avenue Centennial Postcard, 1957

Name/Title

Main Street: Main Street and Millburn Avenue Centennial Postcard, 1957

Entry/Object ID

2023.197.058

Description

Black and white, glossy photographic view of Main Street in Millburn with the commemorative stamp and cancellation from Millburn, May 25, 1957 celebrating Millburn's centennial. The taller brick building on the left corner of Main and Millburn Avenuewas Whelan's drug store and the smaller, light-colored building on the right was Kaiser's drug store. Straight ahead, in the background, is an Esso sign, where the Esso station was (now a town parking lot). There are several copies of this postcard with the commemorative cancellation in the collection.

Collection

Postcard

Acquisition

Accession

2023.197

Acquisition Method

Found

Postcard Details

Postcard Type

Divided Back (1907-1915)

Place Published

* Untyped Place Published

Kenilworth, NJ

Postmark

Date and Time of Postmark

May 25, 1957

Postmark Place

* Untyped Postmark Place

Millburn, NJ

Dimensions

Height

3-1/2 in

Width

5-1/2 in