A commercially produced postcard. Front: b/w photo of WACs training. Caption below photo states: “Military Drill at WAAC Training Center, Fort Des Moines, Iowa.” Back: at the top: “The Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps offers women an opportunity to help win...
Photo shows the team of firemen standing by their wagon and horse. Caption below image says “Centerville Fire Department” and to the left “Centerville Iowa. In the photo to the bottom left: “City Book Store.” Back: postmarked Canada and sent...
Postcard shows a group of young elementary school students in a grassy field, in Council Bluffs, Iowa. There is one Black girl among the White children. The teacher sits behind them. Back: lengthy message, sent to Pennsylvania Sent to Miss...
Colored photo postcard shows a building with seven American flags and the caption reads: “Negro Building, Jamestown Exposition, 1907.” Words under the photo say “American Colortype Co., NY, copyright 1907 by Jamestown A & V Co. Back: “1607-1907 Jamestown Exposition...
Photo shows an outdoor stage with a White male acrobat leaping across. Black men are in attendance at either side of the raised platform. A crowd of White people fill the street below. Caption across the top says: “Carnival Sioux...
The photo postcard shows a White man and woman sitting on the front deck of a circus train car adorned with realistic images. Along the top edge of the long side of the car is a large pig and the...
Photo shows a theatrical troupe on stage posing in Blackface, as with nose rings and spears. Seven gentlemen in suites and ties pose for the picture, seated in the orchestra pit. 1915 The back has a message saying the name...
Photo shows the a large crowd posing in line in front of a train with large banners. One is obscured by the crowd, the other says, in part, “Des Moines” The entire standing crowd consists of White males in suits...
photo shows the front view of the Capitol building in Des Moines with a car, labeled “Mason” driving up the steps. The spectacle is watched by groups of people. On the top of the photograph the printed text reads: “Never...
photo showing John Brown’s Fort, Harper Ferry, W. Va. and captioned the same. In small print under photo on left side “M.S. Burdette, No. 24″ each of three arched doorways have a word curving around them” John” “Brown’s” “Fort.” A...
Photo postcard showing a group of Black students sitting in an auditorium-like setting. The title over the top of the postcard says “Martin Luther King at Communist Training School.” An arrow points to one seated man with the word “King”...
colored postcard of Empress Theater in Des Moines, Iowa with group of people standing at outside entrance. Top of picture says “Empress Theater, Des Moines, Iowa.” back: left margin says “Published by Enos B. Hunt, Des Moines, Iowa. Made in...
photo shows an integrated group of school children and an adult standing in near the front entrance of their school, one person looks out the window. Below the photo: “71 Jefferson School Albia, Iowa.” Back: correspondence from Clara to Mrs....
photo shows a stone quarry with railroad tracks and large machinery and groups of men working in the distance. Under the photo “F.C.H.” wrote: “Looks pretty hard.” back: the postcard is stamped from Anamosa, Iowa and the message is sent...
photo shows a middle-aged Black man standing on a wooden porch, posing for the photo. Back: along the left side edge imprinted “Made at H.H. Hugus’ Post Card Studio, Ottumwa, Iowa. Over the Nickelodeon.” divided back
photo postcard of two Black women, dressed elegantly with hats, one with fluffy muff. Handwritten in pencil at bottom front of photo: “Neta Morris, Werna Beamon” and the additional words are illegible except for “bell Keokuk” back of photo: “Neta...
Picture shows two boys in overalls and hats with a stack of paper or something like it. Ink writing at bottom of photo “Delivering 15000 for additions to M E church{ on top of photo ink writing says “xxx F....
snapshot-style photo postcard showing two casually dressed Black men strolling on city street past shops. Printed on the front of card is a drawing of an ear of corn and city-scape and the words “Des Moines, Iowa”. The back of...
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