Large brick house with shuttered windows

Subject: Residences
Card type: Chrome
Date: c. 1945 (Linen)

Back of Large brick house with shuttered windows, Bardstown, KY, USA, c. 1945 chrome postcard — Back

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A large two-story brick house with a gabled attic, dark shutters on many windows, and a white entrance door, surrounded by mature trees.

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PublisherDurham Printing & Offset Co.

MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME Bardstown, Kentucky Federal Hill, built in 1795 by Judge John Rowan, is Kentucky's most famous historical shrine and is known to millions of Americans as "My Old Kentucky Home." While visiting here, Stephen Collins Foster, Judge Rowan's cousin, received the inspiration to write the famous song "My Old Kentucky Home." Color courtesy Kentucky Tourist Travel Commission Pub. by Durham Printing & Offset Co., Box 388, Harlan, Ky. 40831 SP-OKH-8 25416-C MADE BY DEXTER PRESS, INC. WEST NYACK, NEW YORK

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Condition	Very good
Place mentioned	Bardstown, KY
Place mentioned	Dexter Press, Inc., West Nyack, NY
Publisher	Durham Printing & Offset Co., Box 388, Harlan, KY
Notes	Chrome-finish color photo; no printed caption or border visible. No postmark. Chrome-era divided-back card, glossy surface, no white border; printed back with Kentucky tourist caption and Dexter Press imprint. No stamp, no handwriting.

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Large brick house with shuttered windows, postcard, c. 1945. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/large-brick-house-with-shuttered-windows. Accessed October 5, 2026.