Description
This colorized postcard showcases Lincoln Highway in DeKalb, Illinois, bustling with early 20th-century architecture and traffic, as seen looking east from 1st Street. Businesses like Holmes Bakery and the M. Bakery are visible along the route, printed by E. C. Kropp Co. Publishers. This charming postcard is from the 1910s (based on the vehicle styles and overall appearance).
Front Text (cleaned):
B.P.O.E.
M. Bakery
Ashburn Cross
Old Medal Flour
Malvesoftweenly
Chronicle
Job Printing
Lincoln Highway, looking east from 1st St., DeKalb, Ill.
Holmes Bakery
Back Text (cleaned):
E. C. Kropp Co., Publishers, Milwaukee.
Post Card
ADDRESS
PLACE
STAMP HERE
DOMESTIC
ONE CENT
FOREIGN
TWO CENTS
Plate 3139
