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Engineering Hall, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, 1907

Subject
Schools & Universities
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1907 (Golden Age)
Front of Engineering Hall, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, 1907, Mrs Edna O Cartwright, MI, USA, c. 1907 lithograph postcard
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Back of Engineering Hall, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, 1907, Mrs Edna O Cartwright, MI, USA, c. 1907 lithograph postcard
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About this postcard

Engineering Hall rises behind a lawn, its brick and stone facade capped by a dark hipped roof and two tall red brick chimneys, with a white stone basement level at the base. Bare and yellowing trees frame the view, and a few small figures stand at the arched entrance steps. The University of Illinois straddled Urbana and Champaign, and its engineering college drew students from across the Midwest in the early 1900s. The sender's note to Edna in Springport, Michigan, is family business: a little horse got for a child named Bobby, stamps promised, and a visit from Minna expected soon.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Dear Edna I left some money on the book case shelf, right [illegible] will take care of it and I will send stamps to send to me - told Albert git the little horse for boby - Be sure and let me know if he liked it - you said I must to tell. I can not have any one now - Minna will soon be here and I do not feel like entertaining any one but with love [illegible]

Engineering Hall, University of Illinois
PostmarkedCHAMPAIGN, December 26, 1907, 18:00
Stamp
Addressed to
Mrs Edna O Cartwright

R.F.D. No 2. Springport, MI

Postcard record

Postmarked, CHAMPAIGN
ConditionGood
Place addressedMrs Edna O Cartwright, R.F.D. No 2., Springport, MI
Place mentionedUniversity of Illinois, Urbana, IL
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1930, perforated on all sides
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1902, perforated vertical sides only
NotesStippled chromolithographic texture; no white border; undivided-back era stock; light edge and corner wear. Postmark: CHAMPAIGN DEC 26 6 PM 1907 (F-1). Divided-back card with green 'POST CARD' imprint and stars-and-stripes flag machine cancel; 1c Franklin stamp. Pencil dealer price '$3.00 RA' written on address side. Light soiling and edge wear; message written in dark ink.

Cite this card

Engineering Hall, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, 1907, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/engineering-hall-university-of-illinois-urbana-il-1907. Accessed November 2, 2026.