Pictorial map of Iowa with border views, Iowa, circa 1940

Subjects: Maps Town & City Views
Card type: Linen
Date: c. 1930 (White Border)

Back of Pictorial map of Iowa with border views, Iowa, circa 1940, c. 1930 linen postcard — Back

About this postcard

The card presents a yellow outline map of Iowa with the state name in large red letters, surrounded by ten numbered photographic vignettes of buildings, monuments, a train, and a riverboat. The map labels numerous cities and the Missouri and Mississippi rivers, with small line drawings of farm and livestock scenes. It is a mid-20th-century linen-era souvenir map card.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Dearest Dolores Received your lovely card. Rec'd no 7 & card of Nebraska But Can I try to get you one of Iowa [illegible]. Earl Kennington 305 So 5th Norfolk Neb.

PublisherE. C. Kropp Co.

IOWA MISSOURI RIVER MISSISSIPPI RIVER Sioux City Cherokee Spencer Algona Mason City Charles City Nashua Ossian Festina Waverly Arlington Dubuque Manchester Oelwein Independence Cedar Falls Waterloo Iowa Falls Humboldt Fort Dodge Webster City Storm Lake Denison Dunlap Earling Council Bluffs Red Oak Shenandoah Boone Ames Ogden Marshalltown Tama Grinnell Newton Pella Des Moines Knoxville Oskaloosa Ottumwa Mt. Pleasant Burlington Fort Madison Keokuk Iowa City Muscatine Davenport Clinton Anamosa Cedar Rapids Tipton 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 --- KEY TO VIEWS ON OTHER SIDE:— 1—Tower of Legends, Sioux City 2—Cliff Dwellers, Crystal Lake Cave 3—Post Office and Federal Court House, Waterloo 4—Des Moines County Court House 5—Chief Keokuk Monument, Rand Park, Keokuk 6—Iowa State Capitol, Des Moines 7—Memorial Union Building, Ames 8—Boats Going Through Locks on Mississippi 9—Lovely Flowers, Tulip Time, Pella 10—High School, Ottumwa 11—One Of The Burlington Route Zephyrs 13809N NATURAL COLOR POST CARD MADE IN U.S.A. BY E. C. KROPP CO., MILWAUKEE, WIS.—(L&Y) POST CARD

PostmarkedNorfolk, NE, October 30, 1946, 11:00

Addressed to

Delores Peterson

1732 Playhouse, Lawrence, WI

FromMary Cunningham, 305 So 5th, Norfolk, NE

Postcard record

Postmarked	October 30, 1946, 11:00, Norfolk, NE
Publisher	E. C. Kropp Co.
Condition	Very good
Place addressed	Delores Peterson, 1732 Playhouse, Lawrence, WI
Place depicted	Iowa, IA
Place mentioned	Burlington, IA
Place mentioned	Des Moines, IA
Place mentioned	Waterloo, IA
Place mentioned	Keokuk, IA
Place mentioned	Ames, IA
Place mentioned	Sioux City, IA
Publisher	E. C. Kropp Co., Milwaukee, WI
Place sent from	Mary Cunningham, 305 So 5th, Norfolk, NE
Stamp	1c George Washington, green, perforated on all sides
Notes	Linen texture; ten numbered border views; no publisher imprint visible. Postmark: NORFOLK OCT 30 11 AM 1946 NEBR. Divided-back Kropp "Natural Color" post card with 1¢ Washington stamp; purple pencil X's struck through message and address; light edge wear.

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Pictorial map of Iowa with border views, Iowa, circa 1940, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/pictorial-map-of-iowa-with-border-views-iowa-circa-1940. Accessed October 25, 2026.