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Feeble Minded Institute, Beatrice, Nebraska, 1933

Subject
Hospitals & Sanatoria
Card type
Linen
Date
c. 1933 (Linen)
Front of Feeble Minded Institute, Beatrice, Nebraska, 1933, Mrs. W. H. Hubbard, MN, USA, c. 1933 linen postcard
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Back of Feeble Minded Institute, Beatrice, Nebraska, 1933, Mrs. W. H. Hubbard, MN, USA, c. 1933 linen postcard
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About this postcard

The caption identifies a scene at the Feeble Minded Institute in Beatrice, Nebraska. A row of red brick institutional buildings with hipped roofs, chimneys, and white-trimmed windows stands behind a broad lawn and a low white fence, with bare trees in the foreground. The institution was founded in the 1880s as the Nebraska Institution for the Feeble-Minded Youth and later became the Beatrice State Developmental Center. The period name reflects the language then used for a state institution serving people with intellectual disabilities.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Dear Mother Can you send me Dicks address. I want to mail to him Xmas remembrance love to you all Everything O. K. with me. Bernice

PublisherCurt Teich & Co.
SCENE AT FEEBLE MINDED INSTITUTE, BEATRICE, NEBR.
PostmarkedBeatrice, NE, December 14, 1933, 19:30
Stamp
Addressed to
Mrs. W. H. Hubbard

R.F.D. # 3 Milaca, MN

Postcard record

Postmarked, Beatrice, NE
PublisherCurt Teich & Co.
Series2016-30
ConditionGood
Place addressedMrs. W. H. Hubbard, R.F.D. # 3, Milaca, MN
PublisherCurt Teich & Co., Chicago, IL
Stamp1c Fort Dearborn, issued 1933, perforated on all sides
NotesWhite border; linen-textured stock; number 2016-30 printed at lower right; vertical crease through lower center and wear/soiling along left edge. Postmark: BEATRICE, NEBR. DEC 14 7:30 PM 1933. Divided back, C.T. American Art Colored (Curt Teich) imprint, white border, linen texture; 1933 Chicago Century of Progress 1¢ stamp. Minor edge wear.

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Feeble Minded Institute, Beatrice, Nebraska, 1933, postcard, c. 1933. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/feeble-minded-institute-beatrice-nebraska-1933. Accessed November 2, 2026.