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Title
Depot, River Falls, Wisconsin
Date(s)
- [between 1907 and 1922] (creation)
Extent
1 photograph : photomechanical print ; sheet 9 x 14 cm (postcard format)
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Real-photo postcard with image of the train depot in River Falls, Wisconsin. Besides the depot building, there are passenger cars (The North Western Line), a steam locomotive, workers either loading or unloading, carts and horse-drawn carriages. A portion of a grain elevator can be seen behind the depot and a house behind the passenger cars. The image is inside a slightly raised oval, which is framed with a raised printed wood-grain frame; the white area between the oval and the frame has a crackled texture, perhaps simulating leather. Text printed on verso: Published for Taggart's 'Rexall' Drug Store. Printed in Germany." Printed by the Bloom Bros. Co., Minneapolis under its Quality logo.
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This item is made available by the University Archives & Area Research Center, University of Wisconsin-River Falls, for personal, educational, and research purposes in accordance with the Fair Use provisions of Copyright Act of 1976. Other uses may require permission from the copyright owner.
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Custodial history
Cataloged by kdo, 03/19/2019
Immediate source of acquisition
Purchased February 20, 2019, on eBay from stampboy, Marietta GA.
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Postcard Shoebox 3
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River Falls, Wis. : Taggart's Drug Store, [between 1907-22]