Spalsbury: #215 Postcard

Name/Title

Spalsbury: #215 Postcard

Entry/Object ID

2021.2.459

Scope and Content

Handwritten postcard from Edna to The Denicke Family, 219 North 21st, St. Joseph, Mo. Postmarked Aug. 21, 1947, Seattle, Wash. postage 1¢ stamp. The front of the card is a colored photo of Mount Rainier An old volcanic cone near Seattle, Washington, altitude 14,408 feet. The upper is covered in snow and ice, the latter in eleven main glaciers.'

Context

8-20-47 Well it won't be long now until we leave this beautiful country. Had a grand view of Rainier sunday. Had a fish dinner last night at the skipper on the water front after seeing Carnegie Hall at the 5th Ave. Today Mr. Mc D. took us up to his summer home on Lake Roesiger & then to Granite Falls. Edna

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"