Just pluggin' in from Siren, Wisconsin with a big 'HELLO'

1 photograph : photomechanical print, color ; 9 x 14 cm (postcard format)

Linen postcard with a comic rendering of a telephone operator saying in a speech bubble: Just Pluggin' in from Siren, Wisconsin with a Big "HELLO". Date from postmark: Aug 18, 1947; mailed from Siren Wisconsin; green 1¢ Washington stamp. Printed text on verso: "No. 931 -- Sign Post Comic Locals." Message on verso: Addressed to Mr. & Mrs. O. Snygg, 1403 - 28th St., Rockford, Illinois. "Siren, Aug 18. Hello folds. We got to Siren at noon on Saturday, so that was good time! We are all fine and are on the lake in between the showers. The kids are having a good time fishing & swimming. Hope you are not too warm down there. It sure is swell here. Best wishes from us all. Corinne."

Used (postal stamp/cancellation, and writing on recto)

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.

Cataloged by kdo, 10/27/2016

Purchased October 3, 20166, on eBay, from Bengt Herrman, Goteborg, Sweden

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