Description
This colorful postcard showcases the Vickery & Hill Publishing Company’s Augusta, Maine building, complete with a charming horse-drawn carriage and tree-lined street. The reverse features a handwritten request for a scenic or historical card collection, addressed to L.L. Keen in Bridgton, Maine. This early 1900s postcard, postmarked April 27, 1909, is a delightful piece of Americana.
Front Text (cleaned):
July
11
Publishing House of The Vickery & Hill Publishing Company, Augusta, Me.
Back Text (cleaned):
MADE IN GERMANY.
26215
Will you kindly send me a colored scenery or historical collection for my mantel?
This is the new fireproof home of the By Family
29 Chapel St
H&H
CUS
APR 27
1909
L.L. Keen,
Bridgton, Maine
Box 84.
