Front of card shows an interior of a classroom with rows of desks and children in many of them. Most of the children are White; a Black child is in a desk in the center back. Under the photographs is an inscription in white: 4th & 5th Grades, Central School Algona Iowa.” Someone has written in pen “Elsie L. Reibsamen”
Back: “Algona. April -15-1909. Dear Friend: thanks for the card. I am looking for you to come over and see me every day now. Please do not disappoint me. This card is of my room. Your friend, Elsie.”
The card is addressed to Miss Leota Hall, Mosley, Iowa.