Transcription
Front — ] H. R. S.
Back — ] R. H.
Postcard Information
- Postmark: Wever, Iowa, JUN 27 1908
- Sent To: Carthage IL
- Era: Undivided Back (Pre-1907)
- Publisher: Axt Drug Co., Fort Madison, Iowa
- Stamp: 1¢
- Distance Traveled: ~30 miles
About This Card
Second Street in Fort Madison, looking west past the brick storefronts, shows the commercial center of a city that was in the middle of its industrial prime. The postcard was sent from Wever, Iowa — a small community about twenty miles upriver — and signed “H.R.S.” on the front and “R.H.” on the back. The initials H.R.S. suggest Harvey R. Sights, and if so, this card — sent in June 1908, about two years before Harvey and Pearl’s wedding — is one of several in the collection that track Harvey’s movements around the Lee County area while working on the railroad.
