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Culver Black Horse Troop, Culver, IN, 1941

Subjects
HorsesMilitary Branches & Training Camps
Card type
Linen
Date
c. 1941 (Linen)
Front of Culver Black Horse Troop, Culver, IN, 1941, Milton Woodman, MA, USA, c. 1941 linen postcard
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Back of Culver Black Horse Troop, Culver, IN, 1941, Milton Woodman, MA, USA, c. 1941 linen postcard
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About this postcard

A column of cadets in light blue uniforms and caps rides dark horses across a green parade ground, led by a rider carrying a tall white guidon. Behind them rise the red brick, crenellated barracks of Culver Military Academy. The card identifies the unit as the Culver Black Horse Troop, a mounted drill organization at the academy, which was founded in 1894 on the shore of Lake Maxinkuckee in northern Indiana. Formed in the early 1900s, the troop became one of the school's best-known ceremonial units and has ridden in presidential inaugural parades. By the early 1940s, horse drill persisted at Culver even as the U.S. Army moved toward mechanized forces.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Dear Pat. Glad to recieve your card. Ive never had in one of those they were nearly all gone when I arrived in 1919. The first kind I remember was the Model T. with the top up as shown. We are having Real fine spring weather. Had a very mild winter. Will write again. Sincerely, Virginia Baker

PublisherCURT TEICH & CO., INC.
THE CULVER BLACK HORSE TROOP, CULVER MILITARY ACADEMY, CULVER, IND.
PostmarkedCulver, IN, March 27, 1941, 18:00
Stamp
Addressed to
Milton Woodman

64 Bay Street Springfield, MA

FromVirginia Baker, 303 White St., Culver, IN

Postcard record

Postmarked, Culver, IN
PublisherCURT TEICH & CO., INC.
Series3A-H722
ConditionGood
Place addressedMilton Woodman, 64 Bay Street, Springfield, MA
PublisherCURT TEICH & CO., INC., Chicago, IL
Place sent fromVirginia Baker, 303 White St., Culver, IN
Stamp1c George Washington, green, issued 1938, perforated on all sides
Stamp1c George Washington, green, perforated on all sides
NotesLinen-textured stock with white border; printed card number 3A-H722 at lower right; faint cancellation marks showing in the sky at upper right. Postmark: CULVER, IND. MAR 27 6-PM 1941. Divided-back linen card with white border; Curt Teich "C. T. Art-Colortone" imprint; light edge wear and a few foxing spots.

Cite this card

Culver Black Horse Troop, Culver, IN, 1941, postcard, c. 1941. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/culver-black-horse-troop-culver-in-1941. Accessed November 2, 2026.