Description
This vintage postcard showcases the impressive Kress Store in Independence, Kansas, a multi-story brick building with prominent signage and large windows. The reverse features a handwritten message dated May 15, 1911, sharing news and pleasantries. This charming postcard offers a glimpse into early 20th-century life, specifically from the 1910s.
Front Text (cleaned):
1328
The Kress Store, Independence, Kans.
When? Pourquoi?
Add 26 S. 11th
Kress
Kress
Kress Co. 5-19
Back Text (cleaned):
FOR CORRESPONDENCE
Hello Bess,
To-get-her Jos & Ful
he
MAY 15 1911
1:30 AM
want to take a
second look at this
down. I was so
disappointed for
I'm not sure
U.S.POSTAGE
ADDRESS ONLY
you'd go down to Tom Walk
here. I like just
sing "Wait till the clouds roll by"
yesterday afternoon.
Also picked strawberries
yest. I felt I was
at Iola when I got
Write soon.
La Harpe
Illinois
