Terre Haute Postcards

More postcards from my collection...

Central Union Telephone Building

This postcard, stamped in Terre Haute on June 28th, 1907, has the printed text...

Pub. by Bundy, Terre Haute, Ind.

This building was located at 665 Ohio Street.

Circle Drive Motel

This postcard, stamped in Terre Haute on September 20th, 1962, has the following printed text...

Circle Drive Motel
AAA
On U.S. 41 and 150
2 1/2 miles South of City
Hot Water Heat - Air-Conditioned - Tile Bathrooms
Tub and Shower - T.V. in All Rooms
Restaurant Near
RR #259. 5101 South 7th, Terre Haute, Indiana

22 560F
MWM Color "Barsheen" ? Finished, Made Only by MWM Co. Aurora, Mo.

Old City Hall

This postcard, stamped in Terre Haute on October 18th, 1915, has the following printed text...

0874
The Valentine-Souvenir Co., New York. Printed in U.S.A.

This building was built 1873/4 on the Northwest corner of Fourth and Walnut Streets. It served as City Hall between 1877 and 1937 when the new City Hall was erected. The police department also occupied the main floor of the building.

City Hall

This unused postcard has the following printed text...

Completed in 1937, the City Hall houses the
various functions of the municipal government.
The boards and commissions for managing the
different departments are appointed by the
Mayor.

26
21058
Pub. by Levin Brothers, Terre Haute, Ind.
Natural Color Post Card Made in U.S.A. by E. C. Kropp Co., Milwaukee, WIS.,-(FKF)

I have another copy of this postcard stamped in Carbon, Indiana on September 29th, 1941. This copy does not have the "26" printed on the front and the back has the printed text...

21058N
Pub. by Levin Brothers, Terre Haute, Ind.
Made in U.S.A.

Situated at 17 Harding Avenue the cornerstone ceremony on August 22nd, 1936, was preceded by a parade to the site from the Masonic Temple on 224 N. Eighth Street. Designed by Miller and Yeager in modernistic style, the building was federally funded and the mayor at the time was Samuel Beecher Sr.

Clabber Girl Envelope

This envelope belonged to the Clabber Girl Baking Powder Company and was stamped on September 5th, 1935.

In early 1850, Hulman & Company opend a wholesale grocery store. In 1869, a spice mill and storeroom was added. In 1879, the company started making baking powders, named "Crystal" and Dauntless". As the process was improved, new baking powders were introduced "Milk" was introduced in 1887 and "Clabber" in 1899. In 1923, "Clabber" became "Clabber Girl". This became the best selling baking powder in America.

For more information see the Clabber Girl Museum

Clabber is (or was) a popular dish of the Old South and MidWest. Clabber is unpasteurized milk that has soured and thickened naturally. Depending on its thickness, icy-cold clabbered milk was (and sometimes still is) enjoyed as a drink. It may also be eaten with fruit, or topped with black pepper and cream or simply sprinkled with sugar.

Source: Answers.com

Colder Banker - Larry Helman Realtors (front)

Colder Banker - Larry Helman Realtors (back)

This used postcard, stamped in Terre Haute on April 15th, 2008, has the following pertinent printed text...

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This postcard is included on the assumption that today's trash may well be tomorrow's treasure.

This page created 10th October 2005, last modified 12th November 2008