Postcards Box 1 | UNI Museum @ Rod Library

Displaying 101 - 150 of 201

	Catalog #	Name	Description
101	2004.8.9.1.46	Postcard	Mountain valley with a lake. Caption on back reads "Glarus - Klontal, Ausblick von der Rchisauer - Schwammhohe." Unused. Color: BL,GR,WH
102	2004.8.9.1.47	Postcard	Townsquare filled with a carpet made of flowers. Caption on back reads "Bruxelles -Brussel/ Grand Place, Tapis de fleurs" in five different languages. Unused. Color: GY,BL,RD,YL
103	2004.8.9.1.48	Postcard	Italian villa. Caption on back reads "Ravello/ Villa Cimbrone particolare" in four different languages. Addressed to "Marianna and David Delafield, Cedar Falls, IA" and signed by "Niels." Color: BL,BR,GR
104	2004.8.9.1.49	Postcard	Shows a jeweled and golden cross in the Roman style. Caption on back reads "Catedral de Oviedo/ Cruz de la Victoria" in three different languages. Unused. Color: BL,GD
105	2004.8.9.1.50	Postcard	Two interfaced pictures of aerial views of the city of Venice. Caption at bottom reads "Venezia.'' Unused. Color: BL,BR,WH
106	2004.8.9.1.51	Postcard	Shows a crypt full of skeletons of monks and bones from bodies. Caption at bottom reads in red, "Roma - Cimitero dei Cappuccini." Unused. Color: BR,WH,RD
107	2004.8.9.2.1	Postcard	"Jesup Psychological Laboratory. Peabody College, Nashville, Tenn." Front shows a large brick building with six white pillars in front. Back: left side reads "Pub. By S. H. Kress & Co." Bottom right reads "No. 10970." Top right reads "Place stamp here/ domestic one cent/ foreign two cents.": Color: BR,GR,WH
108	2004.8.9.2.2	Postcard	Picture of large white building with people and trolleys in front. Top reads "37: The City Hall and County Court Building, Chicago, Ill." Back has on top left in blue ink a description of City Hall. Bottom left reads "Chicago World's Fair 1933." Color: WH,BL,BK
109	2004.8.9.2.26	Postcard	Shows printed scene of a domed building with "FORD." on it. People mill about outside. Upper left reads "X-149" and to the right is "Dome of Ford Motor Company's Exhibit." Back reads " A Century of Progress/ Chicago's 1934 International Exposition." Also has a short paragraph about Henry Ford. Color: BL,WH,GR
110	2004.8.9.2.27	Postcard	Shows printed scene featuring an avenue with blue flags posted along either side. Bottom reads "X-179 Avenue of Flags." Back reads " A Century of Progress/ Chicago's 1934 International Exposition." Also has a short paragraph about the Avenue of Flags. Color: BL,WH
111	2004.8.9.2.31	Postcard	Shows scene of large building set in a city landscape. Bottom left reads Carnegie Institute and Tech. School, Pittsburgh, Pa." Back reads "Pittsburgh Promotes Progress." Color: BL,GY,GR
112	2004.8.9.2.32	Postcard	Shows scene of a skyscraper. Top of card reads ''Koppers and Gulf Buildings." Bottom reads "And Federal Reserve Bank, Pittsburgh, Pa." Back reads "Koppers and Gulf Buildings, 34 and 42/ Stones High and the Federal Reserve Bank/ Shown at Extreme Rght." Color: BL,TN
113	2004.8.9.2.4	Postcard	Printed picture of a large columned building in the style of a Greek building. Caption at top of the postcard reads "The Parthenon, Centennial Park, Nashville." Color: BL,WH,GR
114	2004.8.9.2.40	Postcard	Shows picture of a Grecian inspired-temple set by a body of water. Picture hand-colored. Back reads "Palace of Fine Arts/ Panama Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, Cal., 1915." Addressed to "Miss Bertha Patt," and signed "Alice M. Herrig(?)" Color: WH,PK,GR
115	2004.8.9.2.41	Postcard	Shows a buffalo with mountains in the background. Caption at top right reads "Buffalo or Bison, Banff National Park.'' Back reads "Along the Line of the Canadian Pacific Railway/ Distributed by Byron Harmon, Banfff, Canada." Color: BR,GR,BL
116	2004.8.9.2.42	Postcard	Shows a railroad line leading toward foothills and mountains. Caption at top right reads "Castle Mountain, Banfff National Park." Back reads "Along the Line of the Canadian Pacifice Railway/ Distributed by Byron Harmon, Banff, Canada." Color: BL,TN,GR
117	2004.8.9.2.43	Postcard	Shows a forested area with foothills and mountains in the background. Back reads "White Mountain ?(Sierra Blanca)/ New Mexico/ from Ruidoso Highway/ The Mountain Playground of Southern New Mexico and West Texas Raising Its Head/ 12,000 Feet above Sea Level, Sierra Blanca Is the Highest Peak in Southern New Mexico and/ Is Visible for 100 Miles." Color: BL,GR,YL
118	2004.8.9.2.44	Postcard	Shows scene of a dirt road winding through a forest of pine trees. Back reads "Mountain Drive in New Mexico/ The Mounainous Sections of New Mexico/ Are Now Accessible Over Good Roads Which/ Lead to Vistas of Sheer Beauty and Grandeur./ The Scene Herewith Is Typical of Many Beautiful Drives." Color: BL,GR
119	2004.8.9.2.45	Postcard	Shows thirteen Native Americans in tribal dress, standing on the edge of a ravine. One holds a stick painted to say "Navajo." Back reads "314 - Navajo Fire Dancers/ this Dance Is One of a Nine-Day Ceremony for Healing Purposes. Called "Mountain Chant./ The Fire Dance Is Very Spectacula rwith Dancers Waving Burning Embers and Leaping/ through the Great Fires." Color: BL,WH,BR
120	2004.8.9.2.46	Postcard	Shows a young Native American woman making pottery. Five pottery bowls surround her as she sits on the ground. Caption at the bottom reads "Moki Indian woman making pottery." Color: BL,WH
121	2004.8.9.2.5	Postcard	Printed picture of a building sitting in the middle of a river and connected on different sides to bridges. Caption at bottom reads "Power House, Mississippi River Power Development, Keokuk, Iowa." Color: BL,WH
122	2004.8.9.2.53	Postcard	Shows domed building reading "Planetarium." Promenade leads up to the building. Caption at top reads "Terrato Promenade and Adler Planetarium, Chicago." Caption on back is a brief paragraph describing the planetarium. Color: RD,BL,WH
123	2004.8.9.2.6	Postcard	Shows two riverboats in a river lock. People are standing on the lock looking down on the boats. Caption at bottom reads "First Boats going through New Lock, Keokuk, Iowa." Color: BL,WH
124	2004.8.9.2.60	Postcard	Shows a dam, surrounded by hills on the side. Caption at top reads "Elephant Butte Dam near Hot Springs, N.M./ Truth or Consequences, New Mexico." Back reads "Elephant Butte Dam on Rio Grande/ near Hot Springs, New Mexico.' A paragraph describes the dam. Color: BL,WH
125	2004.8.9.2.66	Postcard	Nine folding panels of cards with pictures from Provincetown, MA. Two different pictures are on the front and back. Front panel reads "Greetings from/ Provincetown/ Cape Cod Mass." Panel below it are six paragraphs about the Pilgrim Memorial. On one of the panels someone has written in ink, "My trailer is parked here." and an arrow points to the spot. Color: WH,BL,TN
126	2004.8.9.2.7	Postcard	Show dam on a river. Caption at bottom reads "Dam and Power House. 200,000 Horse Power Hydro-electic Plant Mississippi River Development, Keokuk, iIowa." Color: BL,WH,PK
127	2004.8.9.2.85	Postcard	Shows replica of an etching of a river and bridge crossing it, and buildings along the bank. Caption to the right reads "Chicago River/ Series/ the "L" bridge/ from the original/ etching by/ Phil Sawyer." Color: BK,WH
128	2004.8.9.2.86	Postcard	Shows drawing of a domed glass conservatory with trees surrounding it. Caption at bottom reads "art-lovers Chicago/ Conservatory/ Garfield park/ Volland Views." Color: BL,GR,TN
129	2004.8.9.2.87	Postcard	Shows drawing of a classically-styled building situated by a lake. Folded. Caption reads, "Field Columbian Museum/ Jackson Park." Color: YL,BL,GR
130	2004.8.9.2.88	Postcard	Shows drawing of a street scene with buildings and automobiles. Caption underneath reads "Congress Street/ After the Opera/ Art Lover's Chicago. Volland Views." Color: GY,BK
131	2004.8.9.2.89	Postcard	Shows drawing of a street scene from Chicago. Shows buildings, automobiles and people. Caption underneath reads "La Salle Street/ The Financial Center of Chicago." Color: YL,BL,TN
132	2004.8.9.2.90	Postcard	Shows drawing of a street scene from the Chicago River. Shows boats and buildings along the bank. Caption underneath reads "Chicago River." Color: RD,GR,PR
133	2004.8.9.2.91	Postcard	Shows drawing of a statue of Abraham Lincoln in a park setting. Caption at bottom reads "Lincoln Monument in Lincoln Park." Color: GR,WH,TN
134	2004.8.9.2.92	Postcard	Shows drawing of a domed building surrounded by high rise buildings, with people milling about on the ground. Caption at bottom reads "The Federal Building/ As Seen from State Street." Color: GR,WH,BR
135	2004.8.9.2.93	Postcard	Shows drawing of a statue in a park. Caption at bottom reads "Goethe Monument in Lincoln Park." Color: BL,GR
136	2004.8.9.2.94	Postcard	Shows drawing of a stone building on the horizon with a park scene in the front, with people about to play lawn tennis. Caption at bottom reads "Harper Memorial Library/ Chicago University." Color: YL,BR,GR
137	2004.8.9.2.95	Postcard	Shows a harbor with boats and the shore wityh buildings surrounding it. Tinted. Caption at bottom reads "Chicago/ As seen from the harbor." Color: YL,PK,BR,TN
138	2004.8.9.2.96	Postcard	Shows a street scene with people on the sidewalks and highrise buildings. Tinted. Caption at bottom reads "Michigan Boulevard/ Looking North from the Art Institute." Color: GR,BL,TN
139	2004.8.9.3.1	Postcard	Shows a building that reads "Security Bank." Three cars are parked alongside. Back, upper left corner reads "Security Bank and Trust Co./ Owatonna, Minn. Louis Sullivan designed architectural masterpiece." Color: BL,TN,GR
140	2004.8.9.3.10	Postcard	Shows tan house with green shutters. On back, upper left corner reads "Lincoln Home National Historic Site/ Springfield, Illinois/ the only home Abraham Lincoln owned." Color: BL,TN
141	2004.8.9.3.11	Postcard	Shows building with a windmill attached. Rose bushes are prominent. Back upper left corner reads "Just a small and colorful corner in the state of California/ "Solvang"/ A Danish community in the U. s. A./ woody gillete photos.'' Card has scalloped edge. Color: BL,GR,PK
142	2004.8.9.3.12	Postcard	Shows European-style building with a sign reading "Jewel Box." Toward bottom of picture is the slogan "Greetings from Solvang." Back reads in upper left corner "Solvang shops and colorful displays.. A bit of the old/ world atmosphere in its architecture. Always something of interest in this California "Danish" town for everyone.'' as will be found in these and other fine shops. Woody G. Photo." Color: BL,TN,BR
143	2004.8.9.3.13	Postcard	Shows picture of a large waterfall. Back reads in upper left corner "The Lower (Great) Falls of the/ Yellowstone (380 ft high) is at one head of the Grand Canyon of the/ Yellowstone. This view is from the/ brink of the canyon near the top/ of Uncle Tom's Trail." Color: BL,WH,BR
144	2004.8.9.3.14	Postcard	Shows picture of mountains in the background and the forest that surrounds it. Back reads in upper left corner "Grand Teton Peak/ Wyoming/ An unusrpassed playground for mountaineers and an/ inexhaustible fountain of inspiration for those in search of the noblest of mountain landscapes, Grand Teton Peak - highest in/ the lofty Teton Range towers to an elevation of 13,766 feet." Color: BL,Tn,GR
145	2004.8.9.3.15	Postcard	Shows five bison grazing. Mountains are in the background. Back reads in lower left corner "Buffalo - or bison - last remnants of the/ great herds which roamed there in the Old West." Color: GR,TN,BR
146	2004.8.9.3.16	Postcard	Shows road overlooking a heavily forested valley . Back of card reads in upper left corner "View from highway out of State College, Penna." Color: BL,GR
147	2004.8.9.3.17	Postcard	Shows mountain stream with pine trees surrounding it and a man fishing, in bottom left corner. Back reads in upper left corner "Rushing water in the Bald Eagle Mts, of Centre/ County, Penna." Color: GR,WH,BL
148	2004.8.9.3.18	Postcard	Shows interior of a motel. Furniture appears to be from the 19th century. Back reads in upper left "Die Heimat Motor Hotel, Homestead, Iowa/ Amana's old-world charm is evident in this picture of the lobby." Color: BR,WH
149	2004.8.9.3.20	Postcard	Aerial picture of a beach and lake with a campground in background. Back of card reads in upper left "Freddy & Dorothy's Beach/ Clairview Acres/ Delhi, Iowa." Color: BL,GR,TN
150	2004.8.9.3.21	Postcard	Shows an old-fashioned general store with stocked shelves and barrels. Back reads in upper left "This interior of a reconstructed store as it existed/ at the turn of the century shows that 'one-stop/ shopping' is not new. Not only could you get/ medicines and food, mail and clothing, but also hardware and the latest news./ The museum, Michigan State University/ East Lansing, Michigan." Color: TN,WH,BK