Description
Large letter design spelling Reading with small scenic views inside the letters. The card includes a red pagoda-like building, a tall city building, a bridge, a flag, and a hillside overlook. The word Greetings appears above the place name, with PA. below. 1940s.
Front Text (verbatim):
Greetings from READING PA.
Back Text (verbatim):
Reading is county seat of Berks County. It was founded in 1748 by Thomas and Richard Penn, sons of William Penn and named by them for Reading, England, their ancestral Home. This region was among the first in America to produce Iron.
POST CARD
PLACE ONE CENT STAMP HERE
LYNN H. BOYER, JR., WILDWOOD, N.J.
GENUINE CURTEICH-CHICAGO “C.T. ART-COLORTONE” POST CARD (REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.)
