Description
Main Street, Hutchinson, Kansas glows at night, showcasing illuminated Sears, Koons, and Singer signs amongst other businesses. The postcard boasts Hutchinson’s agricultural and industrial prominence, described as the “breadbasket of the world.” This vibrant, muted-color depiction of a bustling Main Street dates to approximately the 1930s.
Front Text (cleaned):
MAIN STREET, HUTCHINSON, KANSAS
Furniture
Loans
Sears
Koons
Singer
Back Text (cleaned):
Hutchinson is the breadbasket of the world, the salt cellar of America. Nowhere in the nation can one find a city which comes nearer to achieving a perfect balance, agriculturally, industrially, and commercially. Its grain elevators have a storage capacity of more than eleven million bushels.
