Terre Haute Postcards - Large Letter

Terre Haute Postcards - Large Letter

More postcards from my collection...

Greetings from Terre Haute

On the back of the postcard there is a key to the various images used

T - Terre Haute House H - Student Union building - Indiana State Teachers College
E - Administration Building - Indiana State Teachers College A - Sunken Gardens - Fairbanks Park
R - Terre Haute Memorial Stadium U - Le Fer Hall - St. Marry of the Woods College
R - City Hall T - Deming Hotel
E - Vigo County Court House E - Isaak Walton Lake

This unused, linen faced postcard also has the following text...

6B - H2047 [1946]
Curt Teich & Co. Inc.
Wabash Valley News Agency Inc., Terre Haute Ind.
Genuine Curteich-Chicago "C.T. Art-Colortone" Post Card (Reg. U.S. Pat. Off.)

Greetings from Terre Haute

The back of the postcard has no key to the various images used, but here's what they are...

T - Conventional Church of the Immaculate Conception - St. Mary of the Woods College H - Fine Arts and Commerce Building - Indiana State Teachers College
E - ? A - Deming Park
R - Isaak Walton Lake U - Paul Dresser's Birthplace
R - Rose Polytechnic T - Grotto of Lourdes - St. Mary of the Woods College
E - Student Union Building - Indiana State Teachers College E - Federal Penitentiary

This used, linen faced postcard, stamped in St. Louis in 1944, has the following text...

1B-H135 [1941]
Curt Teich & Co. Inc.
Wabash Valley News Agency Inc., Terre Haute, Ind.
Genuine Curteich-Chicago "C.T. Art-Colortone" Post Card (Reg. U.S. Pat. Off.)

Terre Haute is as old as the State of Indiana itself. In 1816 Indiana was admitted to the Union and Terre Haute was incorporated as a town.
Situated at the center of the Nation's population, it is recognized as one of the key cities of the United States. It is easily reached by railroad and highway from all directions that it is an ideal "Convention City."
It is the center of industrial, educational and recreational activities of the fertile Wabash Valley region. Terre Haute, West Terre Haute and North Terre Haute contain about 75,000 inhabitants. The Terre Haute trading area embraces a population of over 250,000.

I have an unstamped version of this card that has the number 1B-H135 which is covered by the stamp on the pictured card. This means the card was first published in 1941.

This page created 7th March 2005, last modified 22nd June 2008


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