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- John and Jane Adams Postcard Collection
Postcard back, Picking Poppies and Mount Baldy, 1918
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PC-002-597B
Postcard back, Picking Poppies and Mount Baldy, 1918
04/02/1918
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This back carries publishing information, a special cancellation, an intact postage stamp, a number at the top of the dividing line belonging to the Curt Teich organization, a legible postmark, and a mostly legible message and address handwritten in cursive with black ink.
Postmarks; Postage stamps; Logos; Julius J. Hecht, Publisher; Mrs. J. D. Phelps; Curt Teich
- John and Jane Adams Postcard Collection
MS-0008
English
Julius J. Hecht, Publisher, Los Angeles, California
Postcard
3.5 inches X 5.5 inches
Yes
PC-002-597A
Dear [?]
So far are in good hands, now with Simmons. Cheer up--another postal will come now soon JDP
Mrs J D Phelps
840 Ash St
San Diego
Calif
[logo of] Hecht's Quality Cards
[postmark] Los Angeles Cal Apr 2
11-PM 1918
[special cancellation] Buy now U.S. Government bonds 3rd Liberty Loan 2
[postage stamp is carmine 2-cent Washington Scott design A140]
[Teich number] A-61385
[publisher's number] No. 508
[printed paragraph] Picking poppies, "Mt. Baldy" in the distance, California
An interesting and beautiful sight, when the poppies are in bloom. Acres and acres will be a mass of this golden yellow. The Poppy is the State Flower of California, and is a different variety from that which they get opium.
So far are in good hands, now with Simmons. Cheer up--another postal will come now soon JDP
Mrs J D Phelps
840 Ash St
San Diego
Calif
[logo of] Hecht's Quality Cards
[postmark] Los Angeles Cal Apr 2
11-PM 1918
[special cancellation] Buy now U.S. Government bonds 3rd Liberty Loan 2
[postage stamp is carmine 2-cent Washington Scott design A140]
[Teich number] A-61385
[publisher's number] No. 508
[printed paragraph] Picking poppies, "Mt. Baldy" in the distance, California
An interesting and beautiful sight, when the poppies are in bloom. Acres and acres will be a mass of this golden yellow. The Poppy is the State Flower of California, and is a different variety from that which they get opium.
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