The description on the front of the card:
Post Office, Columbus, Ohio
Postmark Date: June 17, 1932
Era: White Border Era
Condition: Used
Built between 1884 and 1887, this stone building still stands at S. Third and E. State streets in downtown Columbus. Major extensions and alterations, including adding electricity, happened between 1907 and 1912. It currently houses the Bricker & Eckler law firm and is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Bliss College, in the background on the left, was one of the largest business schools (also called a “Commercial College”) in the U.S. in the early 1900s. It moved to near where Whetstone Library is currently located sometime after the 1940s and closed in the 1990s. The building shown on the card is no longer standing.
Message on the back of the card:
Tuesday, June 16
Hello Dad,
We will stop in Terre Haute Ind tomorrow to see the girls
Hop you are well
We are O.K.
Ed.
Addressed to:
Mr. O. Smith
Sedgwick, Kansas
Published:
W.S. Harriman, 165 1/2 N. High St., Columbus, Ohio
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Stamp: Green one-cent
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Rights Info: Public Domain
