Mr Shedlock's note:
Lansing IA ~ Aerial Baloon Photography~RPPC 1860s - 1910 reprint

unstamped & uncancelled

Addressed to:

E.J. Tyler
Lansing, Ia

Written message:

To Coz. Florance, from Jerome Tyler

Lansing Iowa
Robertson photo

Mr Shedlock's note:

Birdseye panorama 1912 RPPC

1 cent stamp
Postmarked Lansing, Iowa June 14, 1912

Addressed to: Miss Jennie Eastice, Hampton, Ia

Written message:

Dear Cousin: Yours rec'd and we are all so sorry to hear of Grandpa Slayners accident Where is he? at your house or Uncle Jno's I let Ma knw her address is the same as ours. She isn't well at all I don't believe she can stand the farm very long she works too hard. How are all of you folks I hope you are planning to come and see us this summer
Love to all
Dell

Handwritten message:

Put a cross by the window where I stand and wink at the old men going by. We are having rather warm weather, still it isn't so bad today. Let yourself be heard from.

[Transcription note: not identified on the postcard, the photo is of the Stone School house in Lansing]

Handwritten message:

Hello Inga -
Heres where I am preaching away now. Have only 13 scholars, but still I'm kept busy. Well how is everybody. You want to greet all the folks, and don't for-get little Konrad.
Lovingly
Anna M.E. Grön-

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If You were Here in

Lansing, Iowa, U.S.A.

Rain or Shine Any

Old Weather Would be Fine

2138

Written message:

Rec. your card, also a letter from Vi the same evening. She dont kill herself writing to me everything is on the quiet here. How about your country?
Sincerely Lill G.
Answer soon.

[no stamp or writing on back]

View On Yellow River from Stone House
Near Postville, Iowa

Unstamped & not cancelled

Addressed to:

Miss Jenndi Erickson
Clermont, Iowa

Handwritten message [appears to be in foreign language, transcription is 'best guess']:

Dear Sister
Ad'kom lib St. Paul I gaa often. Rl 10 nu er vi J Minneapolis shal skrive ib brib I aften Sig til Loyd han maar ikke gaa til kreken med guttenie Jeg lenker [?] mreget haa det
[?]lara

Handwritten note:

Received boxing picture - Thanks. Will send you one of the new ones as soon as I get them - Arthur

[Transcription note: Arthur likely lived in Anamosa, Jones county, Iowa.]

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Williams Street
Postville, Iowa

1 cent stamp

[The remainder is difficult to read & is the 'best guess' of the Allamakee co. coordinator]

Postmarked:
Dubuque Chambr E.D.O.
Mar 3, 1908

Addressed to:
Mrs. Otto Seahling ?
Favorite [illegible]
Sioux Falls
S. Dak.

The written message is in another language, signed "D"
The name Sylvia Hornschen or Hornschew and date Sat 11-15-80 is also written on the card.

Presbyterian Church
Postville, IA

761

1 cent stamp

Postmarked:
Postville Iowa
Jul 1, 1934
730P

Addressed to: Mrs. S.A. Hurd
Manly, Iowa

Written message:

July 1st Postville Ia. Iowa
Dear Friend I have been here nearly a week & will leave for home Friday. Was here for Mothers 84th birthday. Agnes & I made her an angel food cake. I will write you a letter after I get home would love to see you. Love Meta Marie

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St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Postville, Iowa

H-119

stamp has been removed

Postmarked:
Postville Iowa
Aug 1, 1944
8 PM

Addressed to: Miss La Verna Meyer
529 W. Conklin P
Madison 3, Wis.

Written message:

Dearest La Verna,
Hi sis - how's living along? I'm up at Helens this p.m. Tues. Had dinner at the hospital. Mom & I went to the show Mon. nite. Just finished taking a roll of films of the S. girls. Tell Betty & Alice hello - gonna go down town now & buy ice cream cones. Write!! Byu
Lots of Love Bernie

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Main Street, Waukon, Iowa

Pocket City Post Cards Co. McGregor, Iowa
Printed in Belgium

1 cent stamp
Postmarked Waukon, Iowa June 21, 1910, A.M.
Postmarked Church, Iowa June 21, 1910, P.M.

Addressed to: Mildred Larson, Church, Iowa

Handwritten message:
Hello Mildred
How are you? Hope you are quite well again. I am fine. Clark

View on the way to the Iron Mines, Waukon, Iowa

Written message:
March 1, 1912
Hello, Phoena - how are you. I am happy and well. I am coming down to church Sunday.
E.R.

Parochial School
Waukon, Iowa

1 cent stamp

Postmarked:
W--asso, Minn.
Nov 29, 19??
3 PM

Addressed to:

Mrs. Sabrina Stanley
Litchfield, Minn.

Written message:

Trusting this card will find you and Mr. Stanley enjoying good health; with best wishes from M. McLaughlin

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Written note:

Dear Florence
We got here all safe and are feeling fine. I have done very little ironing this morning. I think we wil enjoy our selfs very much they all are very anxious to have us have a good time we was pretty tired last night when we arived love from momma
Dont work to hard

[Transcription note: If I'm reading the message correctly, 'momma' was in Decorah, Winneshiek county, or vicinity, when she wrote to her daughter in Nebraska.]

C 235

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[No date on card & the back is blank]

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[printed on the back]:

Effigy Mounds National Monument ... four miles north of McGregor and Marquette, Iowa and across the Mississippi from Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin.

Distributed by Eastern National Park & Monument Association

Plastichrome by Colourpicture, Boston, Mass 02130

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[printed on back]:

Visitor's Center with lounges, colored slide program and displays of archaeological collections telling the story of Indian life some 2,000 years ago. Effigy Mounds National Monument, McGregor, Iowa

Published by Goergen Studio, McGregor, Iowa

Plastichrome by Colourpicture Publishers, Inc. Boston, Mass. U.S.A.

Ektachrome by Margery Goergen

~*~

[Additional info. added by S. Ferrall: Established in 1949, Effigy Mounds National Monument is the only National Monument located in Iowa. The majority of the monument is located in Allamakee county, with some boundry areas extending into Clayton county.]