A three-story brick school building with stone trim, tall multi-pane windows and stepped parapets at the roofline, seen from the street corner with young shade trees along the lawn. The caption names it Marquette High School in Alton, Illinois, a Mississippi River industrial city north of St. Louis; the building served the city's public secondary students in the early twentieth century. The view is rendered in the soft, tinted style typical of mid-century linen postcards.
Linen-textured stock with a white border; card number 123392-N printed at lower right, a numbering style associated with Curt Teich & Co. of Chicago.
No postmark. Handwritten date June 19, 1945 on the message side. Divided-back linen Curteich card with white border; light edge wear.
Cite this card
Marquette High School, Alton, Illinois, circa 1940, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/marquette-high-school-alton-illinois-circa-1940. Accessed October 24, 2026.
