Atlantic Hospital building, Atlantic, IA, 1950

Subject: Hospitals & Sanatoria
Card type: Real photo
Date: c. 1950 (Chrome)

Back of Atlantic Hospital building, Atlantic, IA, 1950, c. 1950 real photo postcard — Back

About this postcard

Black-and-white view of a three-story brick hospital building with a flat parapet roof, set back behind a lawn and shaded by large trees. A covered entrance porch stands at the center of the facade, with shrubs and a small evergreen in front.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

We arrived here and are enjoying seeing the [illegible] country in the big open spaces of country. Eva & Jake

PostmarkedAtlantic, IA, October 2, 1950, 09:00

Addressed to

Mr. & Mrs. Fred Craley

416 Baltimore St. Hanover, PA

Postcard record

Postmarked	October 2, 1950, 09:00, Atlantic, IA
Publisher	The L. L. Cook Co.
Series	6063
Condition	Good
Place addressed	Mr. & Mrs. Fred Craley, 416 Baltimore St., Hanover, PA
Place depicted	Atlantic Hospital, Atlantic, IA
Publisher	Milwaukee, WI
Stamp	1c George Washington, green, issued 1909
Stamp	1c George Washington, green, issued 1938, perforated on all sides
Notes	Black-and-white real photo print with white handwritten-style caption along the bottom edge reading "ATLANTIC HOSPITAL ATLANTIC IA."; no white border visible; negative number 6063. Postmark: ATLANTIC, IOWA OCT 2 9-AM 1950. Divided-back real-photo card, glossy. Blue ink smudge over addressee name; dealer pencil notation 'RMLJ $4.00' top left.

Cite this card

Atlantic Hospital building, Atlantic, IA, 1950, postcard, c. 1950. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/atlantic-hospital-building-atlantic-ia-1950. Accessed November 2, 2026.