Terre Haute - A history and a guide
This is my history and guide to my adopted home - Terre Haute, Indiana.
Old Postcards - 7
On 6th March 2005, I was lucky enough to come across some old postcards of Terre Haute at the 25th Semi-Annual Indiana Book and Paper Show in Indianapolis. Since then I've come across others and these are presented here for you...
Indiana
On the back of the postcard there is a key to the various images used
| 1 - State Teachers College - Terre Haute | 9 - White River, Muncie |
| 2 - Culver Military Academy - Culver | 10 - State Capital, Indianapolis |
| 3 - Swans at Winona Lake | 11 - Ohio River Bridge, Evansville |
| 4 - St. Mary's Chapel, Notre Dame, Near South Bend | 12 - Elkhorn Falls, Richmond |
| 5 - Engineering Building, Perdue University, La Fayette | 13 - St. Joe River, Elkhart |
| 6 - Harrison Park, Hammond | 14 - Mississinewa River, Marion |
| 7 - Lakeside Park, Fort Wayne | 15 - Court house and City Hall, Gary |
| 8 - Yacht Basin, Washington Park, Michigan City | 16 - Valparaiso University, Valparaiso |
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17 - Bathing at Indiana Dunes State Park |
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This unused, linen faced postcard also has the following text...
Natural Color Postcard Made in the U.S.A. by E. C. Kropp Co., Milwaukee, Wis. - (KAY)
23921
Greetings from Terre Haute
This used postcard with an unreadable stamp, has the following printed text...
Carte postal - Postkarte - Cartolina postale - Dopisnice
[Russian] - Post card - Levelezo-Lap - Eriefkaart
Weltpostverein-Union postale universelle - Brefkorf-Correspondenzkarte
Unione postale universale - Kirjekortti
Greetings from Terre Haute
This leather used postcard, stamped in Oakwood, Illinois but with an unreadable date, has the following printed text...
Terre Haute, Ind.
All rights reserved
7 Harris Buffalo
It's the little things
in life that count.
Leather postcards were banned by the U.S. Postal Service in 1909 so they were only made for a very short period of time (from approximately 1900 - 1909) and are now pretty rare.
The Drubble Mit Terre Haute
This postcard, stamped in Terre Haute on May 4th, 1914, has the following printed text...
BS
C544
Made in U.S.A.
On the back of the postcard there is a key to the various images used
| T - Terre Haute House | H - Student Union building - Indiana State Teachers College |
| E - Administration Building - Indiana State Teachers College | A - Sunken Gardens - Fairbanks Park |
| R - Terre Haute Memorial Stadium | U - Le Fer Hall - St. Marry of the Woods College |
| R - City Hall | T - Deming Hotel |
| E - Vigo County Court House | E - Isaak Walton Lake |
This unused, linen faced postcard also has the following text...
6B - H2047 [1946]
Curt Teich & Co. Inc.
Wabash Valley News Agency Inc., Terre Haute Ind.
Genuine Curteich-Chicago "C.T. Art-Colortone" Post Card (Reg. U.S. Pat. Off.)
The back of the postcard has no key to the various images used, but here's what they are...
| T - Conventional Church of the Immaculate Conception - St. Mary of the Woods College | H - Fine Arts and Commerce Building - Indiana State Teachers College |
| E - ? | A - Deming Park |
| R - Isaak Walton Lake | U - Paul Dresser's Birthplace |
| R - Rose Polytechnic | T - Grotto of Lourdes - St. Mary of the Woods College |
| E - Student Union Building - Indiana State Teachers College | E - Federal Penitentiary |
This used, linen faced postcard, stamped in St. Louis in 1944, has the following text...
1B-H135 [1941]
Curt Teich & Co. Inc.
Wabash Valley News Agency Inc., Terre Haute, Ind.
Genuine Curteich-Chicago "C.T. Art-Colortone" Post Card (Reg. U.S. Pat. Off.)
Terre Haute is as old as the State of Indiana itself. In 1816
Indiana was admitted to the Union and Terre Haute was incorporated as a town.
Situated at the center of the Nation's population, it is recognized as one of
the key cities of the United States. It is easily reached by railroad and
highway from all directions that it is an ideal "Convention City."
It is the center of industrial, educational and recreational activities of the
fertile Wabash Valley region. Terre Haute, West Terre Haute and North Terre
Haute contain about 75,000 inhabitants. The Terre Haute trading area embraces a
population of over 250,000.
This page created 7th March 2005, last modified 10th May 2008