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Augustana College on Seventh Avenue Blvd., Rock Island, IL, 1937

Subjects
Schools & UniversitiesStreet ScenesTown & City Views
Card type
Linen
Date
c. 1937 (Linen)
Front of Augustana College on Seventh Avenue Blvd., Rock Island, IL, 1937, Mrs. Roy Johnson, IL, USA, c. 1937 linen postcard
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Back of Augustana College on Seventh Avenue Blvd., Rock Island, IL, 1937, Mrs. Roy Johnson, IL, USA, c. 1937 linen postcard
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About this postcard

The view looks down a broad, tree-lined boulevard with lawns and a large domed classical building of Augustana College rising on the right above a grassy terrace and steps. A few automobiles are visible on the street. The printed caption calls Seventh Avenue Blvd. the main thoroughfare between Rock Island and Moline, the two Mississippi River cities it connected. Augustana College was founded in 1860 by Swedish Lutheran immigrants and moved to Rock Island in 1875, becoming a center of Swedish-American education in the Midwest. The domed building shown belongs to the campus that took shape after that move.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pencil

Dear Mom Friday July 2 We are having a fine time. Yesterday we went to a state park. We shopped at Davenport Wednesday. We are going on the ferry to Davenport and are going swimming today. Diana had her shoes fixed today. We are going to see our COUSINS in Davenport Saturday. We will be home Sunday or Monday. Tell everybody hello. Di & Bill

PublisherHickey Brothers
SEVENTH AVENUE BLVD. SHOWING AUGUSTANA COLLEGE, ROCK ISLAND, ILL. Seventh Avenue Blvd. is the main thoroughfare between Rock Island and Moline.
PostmarkedRock Island, IL, July 2, 1937, 17:00
Stamp
Addressed to
Mrs. Roy Johnson

23 Chestnut St Galesburg, IL

Postcard record

Postmarked, Rock Island, IL
PublisherHickey Brothers
Series1A1824
ConditionGood
Place addressedMrs. Roy Johnson, 23 Chestnut St, Galesburg, IL
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, perforated on all sides
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, issued 1938, perforated on all sides
NotesWhite border; visible halftone dot screen; series 1A1824 printed at lower right; light corner and edge wear, small crease at upper left. Postmark: ROCK ISLAND JUL 2 5 PM 1937 ILL.; circular date stamp with wavy killer bars over stamp and address. Divided-back card; "C. T. American Art Colored" color process credit along divider; Hickey Brothers, Davenport, Iowa distributor imprint vertical on left edge; C. T. Co. Chicago printer's circular logo; pencil message; light edge/corner wear and slight toning.

Cite this card

Augustana College on Seventh Avenue Blvd., Rock Island, IL, 1937, postcard, c. 1937. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/augustana-college-on-seventh-avenue-blvd-rock-island-il-1937. Accessed November 2, 2026.