Subject: Kansas - When My Tan Wears Out

1900s, Buildings & Architecture, General Correspondence, Golden Age, Greeting Card, Interiors, People & Portraits, Sent From: Kansas, Sent To: Carthage, IL, Sights Collection, Subject: Kansas

Postcard #0113: Wellington, KS — W.S.N to Pearl, December 1909

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Front of postcard #0113: Elegant illustration of couples in 18th-century attire dancing at a ballroom gathering. In the foreground, a lady in a f

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Back — 12/28/09 Wellington Ks. A friendly remembrance with kind regards. W.S.N.

Postcard Information

Postmark: Wellington, KANS., DEC 28 1909
Sent To: Carthage IL
Era: Golden Age (1907–1915)
Stamp: 1¢
Distance Traveled: ~400 miles

1900s, Buildings & Architecture, General Correspondence, Golden Age, Greeting Card, Sent From: Kansas, Sent To: Carthage, IL, Sights Collection, Subject: Kansas

Postcard #0107: Lebanon, KS — F. H. T to Pearl, December 1908

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Front of postcard #0107: Embossed orange-red rose with a velvet textured flocking on a metallic gold-olive green background, showing green leaves

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Back — I am going to write some of these days if I have to double up. Well I suppose old santa came to see you He did [?] me. I suppose you are still hello girl, I am clerking in a Millinery store yet. F. H. T.

Postcard Information

Postmark: LEBANON, KANS., DEC 21 1908
Sent To: Carthage IL
Era: Golden Age (1907–1915)
Stamp: 1¢
Distance Traveled: ~420 miles

1900s, General Correspondence, Golden Age, Greeting Card, Nature & Landscapes, Parks & Nature, People & Portraits, Sent From: Kansas, Sent To: Carthage, IL, Sights Collection, Subject: Kansas, Transportation

Postcard #0103: Lebanon, KS — F. H. Z. [?] to Pearl, 1908

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Front of postcard #0103: Hand-colored illustration of a young man in a dark military/naval uniform and white trousers leaning toward a woman in a

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Back — I expect you think I am sending these Cards far enough apart We play Smith Center a foot ball game tomorrow we beat Redcloud 8 to 4 last [?] Friday Write soon F. H. Z. [?]

Postcard Information

Postmark: Lebanon, Kans., 16 1908 [Month illegible]
Sent To: Carthage IL
Era: Golden Age (1907–1915)
Publisher: Chas. K. Harris, New York, New York
Print Origin: Printed in Germany
Stamp: 1¢
Distance Traveled: ~380 miles

1900s, General Correspondence, Nature & Landscapes, Parks & Nature, Sent From: Kansas, Sent To: Carthage, IL, Sights Collection, Subject: Kansas, Undivided Back (Pre-1907)

Postcard #0080: landscape illustration depicting a stream flowing between tr, Lebanon, KS — aunt Susie to Pearl, September 1906

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Front of postcard #0080: Colored landscape illustration depicting a stream flowing between trees, with a mountain peak (Pike's Peak) visible in t

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Front — Love and best from aunt Susie. all well.

Postcard Information

Postmark: Lebanon, KANS., SEP 12 1906
Sent To: Carthage IL
Era: Undivided Back (Pre-1907)
Stamp: 1¢
Distance Traveled: ~380 miles
Notes: message written on front instead of back, receiving postmark present from Carthage IL (SEP 14 1906)