Water Works, Canton, Ohio (1916)

Water Works, Canton, Ohio (1916)
Vintage postcard (c. 1916) showing the Water Works pump station in Canton, Ohio. The building was torn down in 1938.

The description on the front of the card:
Water Works, Canton, Ohio.

Postmark Date: May 15, 1916

Era: Divided Back Era
Condition: Used

Message on the back of the card:
Dear Myrtle,
Just finished a letter and thought while I was in the notion would answer your card.
Would be glad to go to a movie with you just let me know before time so
I have nothing else doing as I am a busy lady. Haha!
You certainly will have a dandy trip if you go to Michigan this summer.
With best wishes to all.
I am as ever Elsie.

Addressed to:
Miss Myrtle Shaub
New Berlin, O.

Back of Water Works, Canton, Ohio (1916)
Back of the postcard featuring the Valentine-Souvenir Company logo (Famous Superior Quality Throughout the World), a 1916 Canton, Ohio postmark, flag cancel, a green one-cent stamp, and a handwritten message.

Published by: 

The Valentine-Souvenir Co., New York

The Valentine-Souvenir Co. was formed out of the merger of the Leighton & Valentine Company and the Souvenir Post Card Company. It published tinted halftone view cards in line block in the United States.

Printed in the U.S.A.

Cancel: Flag cancel
Stamp: Green one-cent

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Rights Info: Public Domain

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