Description
This cream-colored postcard showcases a bustling Chicago street scene circa 1908, filled with streetcars and horse-drawn carriages passing grand buildings along State Street. The Reliance Building is clearly visible in this detailed view. This lovely early 20th-century postcard was published by A. C. Bosselman & Co., New York and mailed from Crete, Illinois to Triumph, Minnesota.
Front Text (cleaned):
RELIANCE BUILDING, 1647 STATE STREET, NORTH OF WASHINGTON STREET, CHICAGO, ILL.
Thank you very much for the pretty card you sent me, Lydia.
Back Text (cleaned):
Made in Germany,
A. C. Bosselman & Co., New York.
This side is for the address.
Mr. St. F. Muir,
Triumph, Minn.
