Terre Haute Postcards
More postcards from my collection...
Bomber Bar
This is a matchbook, not a postcard. The Bomber Bar was owned by Robert H. McKinney and stood at 20 South Seventh Street, Terre Haute. During WWII, barrels were placed outside of the bar of the collection of aluminium to help the war effort. The Indiana Digital Image Library has several fine photos of the premises.
Larry Bird's Boston Connection matchbook
Larry Bird's Boston Connection matchbook
Larry Bird's Boston Connection matchbook
Through the 1980s and most of the 1990s, Larry Bird's Boston Connection, later known as Larry Bird's Home Court Hotel, was owned by Hall of Famer Larry Bird, co-owned with Max and Greg Gibson until they sold the hotel / restaurant / lounge on South Third Street in 1999.
Jos. H. Briggs, Wholesale Commission Merchant
This postcard / tradecard dated February 7th, 1889, also has an interesting back...
Jos. H. Briggs was born in Washington county, New York. About the year 1858 he came west, and located at Alton, Illinois, where he remained about seven years. He then removed to Terre Haute and engaged in the hardware trade, which he continued about four years and then began his produce business. His produce house was located on the northwest corner of Fourth and Cherry Streets, where he did an extensive business in the handling of fruits and produce, both buying and selling and on commission. In addition to this he had another house located corner of Ninth and Cherry Streets, which was devoted to the handling of eggs and poultry, in which he also did an extensive business. Source: Vigo County Indiana Biographies Project
Callahan Funeral Home
This unused postcard has the following printed text...
Callahan Funeral Home
2425 Wabash Avenue
Terre Haute, Indiana
Serving Families in the Wabash Valley for Fifty Years
38888-B
Pub. by Martin's Photo Shop, Terre Haute, Ind.
Made by Dexter Press, West Nyack, N.Y.
Candlelite Inn Motel
This unused postcard has the following printed text...
71315-B
Pub. by Richard H. Bruce, Terre Haute, Ind.
Dexter Press, Inc.
West Nyack, New York
Candlelite Inn Motel
803 N. 3rd St., Terre Haute, Ind.
Phone C7031
Located on highways 63 - 41, 8 blocks north downtown Terre Haute.
23 Luxury Rooms - Carpeted - Air Conditioned - Free Television - Tub and Shower
Comb. - Telephones - Free Coffee in Rooms - Free Paper.
American Express and Carte Blanche credit cards honored.
Carte Blanche originated as a Travel & Entertainment (T&E) card owned by Hilton Hotels, and competed with both American Express and Diners Club. The company changed ownership after being sold by Hilton, with Citibank owning the company for a brief period during the 1960s, and finally repurchasing it in 1979, and phasing the card out of service in the late 1980s. Throughout most of the 1960s and 1970s, the Carte Blanche card was considered to be a more prestigious worldwide travel and entertainment than American Express or Diners Club, though its small cardholder base hindered its success. Carte Blanche also was the first to implement a 'Gold Card' program, but initially only as a means to recognize cardholders who were frequent users and paid their bills on time. In 2000, the Carte Blanche name was revived in the United States when Diners Club, which was also acquired by Citibank in 1981, introduced an upscale version of its card: the Diners Club Carte Blanche Card.
This page created 7th March 2005, last modified 19th October 2008