Description
Main Street, McPherson, Kansas, bursts with vintage cars at the crossroads of US Highways 81 and 50N, the heart of the city’s business district. This sepia-toned postcard shows a lively street scene, capturing the essence of a small-town America. A 1940s postcard, it features a 1-cent US defense stamp and a message sent October 2nd, 1942.
Front Text (cleaned):
1261120
11840
Main Street, McPherson, Kansas
Back Text (cleaned):
Copyright 1939 by Howard S. Dunham
MAIN STREET, MCPHERSON, KANSAS
Looking south at the crossroads of the nation where
Highways US 81 and US 50N intersect in the center
of the city's business section.
10-7
OCT 2
7 PM
1942
KANS
ON
Hello Al—Everything
OK now.
My
Picto-Cards—Kaeser & Blair, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio
POST CARD
THIS SPACE FOR ADDRESS ONLY
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE
FOR DEFENSE
POSTAGE
CENT
Brother Alex Mitchell
3100 West 99th St.
Los Angeles, Calif.
home around October 15.
Weather ideal. I hope
it keeps up until I get
back.
Spray
of my boyhood home town. Probably be
