On 2nd St. -- Hudson, Wisconsin

1 photograph : print, sepia-toned ; sheet 9 x 14 cm (postcard format)

Real-photo postcard with image of 2nd Street in downtown Hudson, Wisconsin. Included in the photograph are buildings, pedestrians, electric poles and lines, automobiles, several parked bicycles, one tree, and signs for a bowling alley, a restaurant, a meat market, a lunch car (in a railroad car), and a smoke shop with pool and billiards. Date from postmark: Jun 11, 1917; green 1¢ Washington stamp (design A140). Additional handstamp: "Do your [bit!], A Liberty Loan Bond, Inquire at any bank or post office." This hand stamped wording was used during the First Liberty Loan, May 21 through June 15, 1917. Message: Addressed to Mr. Geo. W. Bickford, Livingston, Wisc. "Dear folks - This is Monday morning and it is raining so we are all sitting by the fire. The caught one 5½ lb. fish it was fine. We sure have all the fish we want to eat. Don't know when we will start home. We will write again when we get to Madison. Love to all from Nelson, Harold and Lil."

Corners somewhat dog-eared; several creases on lower half of the image

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, 05/08/2017

Donated May 8, 2017, by Kathryn Otto, St. Paul MN.

Minneapolis, Minn. : Photo Advertising Co., [ca. 1917]