Governor's Reception Invitation

Name/Title

Governor's Reception Invitation

Entry/Object ID

20.21.32

Scope and Content

Material: paper. Size: 3 1/2" x 5 1/4". (a) An elegant invitation card for an event hosted by the Governor and Mrs. Burke, requesting the pleasure of Miss Castor's company at an occasion held at Armory Hall on Thursday evening, January the twenty-sixth, in the year nineteen hundred and eleven, starting at half-past eight o’clock, featuring a reception and dancing, all of which is beautifully printed in ornate calligraphy style; reverse side displays a handwritten note by Florence Castor that reads, "Then governor is now U.S. Treasurer during Wilson administration." (b) The envelope is addressed to Miss F. Castor, postmarked Bismarck, North Dakota, January 20, 1911, stamped with a pink two cents President Washington stamp.

Context

Miss Castor received this North Dakota governor's reception invitation in 1911.

Collection

Castor

Cataloged By

Pfen

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Class

Documentary Artifact

Category

Communication Artifacts

Archive Details

Date(s) Material Assembled

circa 1911

Create Date

July 22, 2025

Update Date

July 29, 2025