Main Street looking east, Ellsworth, Wisconsin

1 photograph : tinted collotype print ; 9 x 14 cm (postcard format)

Postcard of Main Street in Ellsworth, Wisconsin, looking to the east. Signs that can be read are a restaurant and Brookshaw Livery. Text printed on verso: "Bloom Bros., Pub., Minneapolis, Minn." and "Made in Germany." Also printed on the verso is the Bloom Bros. "Quality" logo. There is no address and it appears the card was not mailed. Message: "Dear Mamma, I just come back from a ride from Ellsworth with Herman. We went to have his teeth tended to, that was our excuse, but he said we would stop at the court house on our way for a marriage listner[?] _ forgot it though wants me to stay ... [?]. "He is coming for me where ever I am and take me for a drive, probably not to Boss Lake or our for a good ride. My, I am feeling fine, oh the air is so fresh and nice. Greet papap. I drove right passed his place and crazy went it nyest way back we could find. With love, Inez."

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, 05/30/2019

Part of the Mrs. Ed Shephard Collection, donated by Carol Shephard, River Falls WI.

Minneapolis, Minn. : Bloom Bros Co., [early 20th century]