An elevated view looks down on a winding boulevard threading through rolling green hills and dark clumps of trees, with a small red-roofed building at the right. The card names it simply as a boulevard scene in St. Joseph, Missouri, a city set on bluffs above the Missouri River whose parkway drives were a local point of pride. The sweeping curves and grassy slopes shown here are typical of the landscaped boulevard systems built in American cities in the early twentieth century.
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pen
Mar 21-45
Dear Friend:-
Don't think I am not
going to send you
some post card Views
of St Joe I would of
ans right back but
I have had a grand
Son & Wife he is in
the Air Corps + had a
furlough he was in
Fla where he graduated
from Radar School
and he dosent know
where he will be sent
next it might be
over sea so
I just thought I would
Linen-textured stock with a white border; photographer credit printed in the lower right corner.
No readable postmark; handwritten date "Mar 21 - 45" at top of message. Divided-back linen-finish ("Bursheen") card printed by MWM Color-Litho, Aurora, Mo.; card number 3926. Light edge/corner wear, no stamp present.
Cite this card
Boulevard scene, St. Joseph, Missouri, circa 1940, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/boulevard-scene-st-joseph-missouri-circa-1940. Accessed October 24, 2026.
