Postcard, Picture

Name/Title

Postcard, Picture

Entry/Object ID

2025.43.1

Scope and Content

Picture postcard of the Chicago Staff Band. The image depicts a group of men, each dressed in a Salvation Army uniform and holding a brass instrument, seated and standing. A man holding the large drum is sitting on the left side and a small drum is on the right side. The following text is printed in white just under the men: "Stevens Schiller Bldg Chicago" on the left and on the right, "Columbian Eng. Co. Chi.". The back of the postcard has a thin dark line separating the correspondence and address sections with the word "POST CARD" printed near the top edge. Scraps of black paper are adhered to the corners. A handwritten inscription reads "Found among souveniers of Mrs. Glen Washburn

Acquisition

Accession

2025.43

Source or Donor

Washburn, Leroy, Mrs

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Leroy Washburn

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

Dimensions

Dimension Description

3 3/8

Height

5-3/8 in

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Chicago Staff Band

Person or Organization

Fynn, John T

Person or Organization

Broughton, William F.

Related Entries

Notes

1982.945.1

Notes

2025.41.1

Notes

2025.1.173