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Smelter by day, Spring Valley, Wisconsin

• [ca. 1909] (creation)

1 photograph : photomechanical print, tinted ;

Picture postcard with image of the Spring Valley Iron and Ore Company smelter in Spring Valley, Pierce County, Wisconsin. Text printed on recto: "Pub. for P.L. Lillie"; text printed on verso: "St. Paul Souvenir Co., St. Paul, Minn. - Printed in Germany." Date from postmark: Aug 31, 1909; mailed from Spring Valley Wisconsin; green 1¢ "Gingerbread" Franklin stamp. Message: Addressed to Miss Eulalia Weisand, River Falls, Wisconsin "Dearest Friend:- I suppose you are wondering why I don't write but you see I am "so slow." The folks came after me that day, we got home about 6:30. How is your Manna and Pappa. Give them my best regards. Hope to hear from you soon. I remain your Dearest Friend Stasia."

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, 02/06/2019

Donated February 6, 2019, by Kathryn Otto, St. Paul MN.

Postcard Shoebox 3

St. Paul, Minn. : St. Paul Souvenir Co., [ca. 1909].

• Smelters--Wisconsin--Spring Valley--1900-1910 Spring Valley (Wis.)--Buildings, structures, etc.--1900-1910 Spring Valley Iron and Ore Company (Pierce County, Wis.)

• Spring Valley (Wis.) Pierce County (Wis.)