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Title |
Greetings From Watertown, Mass. |
Scope & Content |
Postcard of polychrome lithographic illustration of Egyptian pyramid scene with smaller inset monochrome photolithographic print of a lake scene. Felt ink greeting "Greetings from Watertown Mass" overlaid on inset image. Printed comic poem on bottom that reads "Who wants to visit Egypt, with its pyramids and sand, When a place lke this is easily reached in one's own native land?" Verso: addressed in ink to "Mr. Alvin E. Thomas, South Middleboro, Mass.", message from ""M.L.O.A" in ink written vertically on left, postmarked "SEP 20 7-30P 1911, Watertown, Mass", with 1 cent stamp, publication statement on top left "T.P. & Co. NY [Taylor, Platt & Co.]". |
Object Name |
Postcard |
Collection |
Postcard Collection |
Catalog Number |
2009.044.001 |
Search Terms |
Watertown, MA Lake Egyptian Revival Pyramid |