The description on the front of the card:
Stone Bridge in West Lawn Cemetery, Canton, Ohio
Postmark Date: June 9, 1916
Era: Divided Back Era
Condition: Used
West Lawn Cemetery sits adjacent to the McKinley National Memorial and was where William McKinley was originally buried. Originally called Canton Cemetery, the name was changed to West Lawn Cemetery in 1861 when it was incorporated. It is now 67 acres and is located between Fourth and 12th streets.
Message:
Dear Myrtle,
I guess that will be al -right have a letter from Clark today. He says they’ll be down about noon but if you said afternoon. I suppose that’s when it will be.
Lorrie
Addressed to:
Miss Myrtle Shaub
New Berlin, O.
Publisher: L. Schartenberg & Co., Inc., Akron, Ohio. C.T. Photochrome by Curt Teich Co., Chicago, Illinois.
Established in 1898, the Curt Teich Co. was best known for its wide range of advertising and postcards of North America. By the 1920s, it was producing so many postcards with borders that they became recognized as a type dubbed “White Border Cards,” creating an “era.” Later, Curt Teich’s innovations in this printing technique directly led to the production of what we now call “linens” by the early 1930s.
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Rights Info: Public Domain
