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Wishing They Were There:
Old Postcards and Library History

 

All postcards are from the collection of the author, Bernadette Lear.

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Postcard, Sargentville Public Library, Maine. Published by Hugh C. Leighton Co., printed in Germany, undated, probably 1907-1914.

 

 

 

 

Postcard, Dodge City Public Library, Kansas. Published by Palace Drug Co., postmarked August 3, 1911.

 

 

 

 

Postcard, Nantucket Athenaeum, Massachusetts, built in 1846. Published by Rotograph, printed in Germany, undated, probably 1907 or earlier.

 

 

 

 

Postcard, Pittsfield Athenaeum, Massachusetts, built in 1876. No publisher or date, probably 1907 or earlier .

 

 

 

Postcard, Indianapolis Public Library. Published by F.W. Woolworth Stores, undated, probably 1907-1914.

 

 

 

 

Postcard, Phillips Public Library, Fenton, Michigan, built in 1900. Published by E.C. Kropp, undated, probably 1907-1914.

 

 

 

 

 

Postcard, Santa Ana Public Library, California, built in 1903. Published by M. Rieder, printed in Germany, undated, probably 1907 or earlier.

 

 

 

Postcard, Camp Kelly Library, San Antonio. No publisher or date, probably 1917-1919.

 

 

 

 

Postcard, New Orleans Public Library, built in 1908. Published by New Orleans News Company, printed in Germany, undated, probably 1907-1915.

 

 

 

Postcard, Cincinnati Public Library, built in 1874. Published by Morgan Stationery Company, printed in Germany, undated, probably 1907-1915.

 

 

 

Postcard, Scranton Public (now Albright Memorial) Library, Pennsylvania. Published by F.W. Woolworth, printed in Germany, undated, probably 1907 or earlier.

 

 

 

Postcard, Carnegie Public Library, El Paso, Texas. Publisher unknown, postmarked December 20, 1913.

 

 

 

Postcard, Fall River Public Library, Massachusetts. Published by Metropolitan News Company, printed in Germany, postmarked August 31, 1907.

 

 

 

Postcard, Patterson Library, Westfield, New York. Published by Weiler Publishing Company, printed in Germany, undated, probably 1907-1915.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Postcards, Buffalo Public Library, New York. No publishers or dates, probably printed between 1907 and 1925.

 

 

Postcard, Public Library, South Omaha, Nebraska. Published by The Omaha News Company, printed in Germany, undated, probably before 1907.

 

 

 

Postcard, Mayville Public Library, North Dakota. Published by Hanson and Hanson, postmarked June 4, 1906.