Object Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2017.1.20 |
Object Name |
Postcard |
Description |
Postcard, 3 1/2" x 5 1/2", paper, front- cream to pink color roll on which is embossed, "Greetings from _______ Illinois" and a roses and leaves, written in red on the banner is "Bartlett." Back- written in pencil, "Send me a postal to. Be sure and come Sunday because ma is going to Elgin so I won't have to be alone. Zenetta" Addressed to "Miss Clara Roebbeke, Ontarioville, Ill." A one cent stamp with the image of Bejamin Franklin is affixed. Handcancelled on May 14, 1910 in the PM. Zenetta could be Zenetta Stumpf, a Bartlett resident who was 13 years-old in 1910. Her father owned the general store in the Village. Perhaps he stocked this postcard. Clara Roebbeke was 12 years-old and living in Hanover Township in 1910. |
Date |
1910 |
Material |
Paper |
Height (in) |
3.500 |
Length (in) |
5.500 |
Number of images |
2 |
Search Terms |
Bartlett Elgin Ontarioville Stumpf's General Store |
Subjects |
Postcards |
People |
Roebbeke, Clara Stumpf, Zenetta |
Accession number |
2017.1 |