Spalsbury: #190 Postcard

Name/Title

Spalsbury: #190 Postcard

Entry/Object ID

2021.2.434

Scope and Content

Handwritten postcard (in green ink) from Leasle Little to Mrs Richard Denicke, 219 North 21st St, St. Joseph, Mo. Post marked June 14, 1950, Wichita, KS., 1¢ postage. The front of the card is a colored drawing of Douglas Avenue, Wichita, Kansas, 'located almost the exact geographical center of the nation. It is approximately 1,400 miles from each coast and 800 miles from the country's northern and southern borders An ideal spot for conventions, which has become close to $2,000,000 industry here.

Context

Dear Ariel Sr & Jr and Alice Wichita, Ks 6-14-50 Wish you were here to dine with us at Innes Tea Room - very much like F. N. in Seattle - I am enjoying the HOT weather - Harvest is on now. and the sunflowers are so pretty on the ???? Leasle Little

Collection

Marshall White

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Postcard, Picture

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Postcard

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Writing Media

Nomenclature Class

Written Communication T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

Archive Details

Primary Language

English

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

3½" x 5½"