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Public Library and Museum, Milwaukee, WI, 1932

Subject
Libraries
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1932 (Linen)
Front of Public Library and Museum, Milwaukee, WI, 1932, c. 1932 lithograph postcard
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Back of Public Library and Museum, Milwaukee, WI, 1932, c. 1932 lithograph postcard
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About this postcard

A tinted view of the Public Library and Museum in Milwaukee shows a four-story classical Revival building with a columned facade, heavy cornice, and red-capped dome, set behind a lawn with a statue on a pedestal and parked automobiles. The printed caption calls it a building of 300 by 250 feet in the heart of the city, open every day without admission. It describes a library of about half a million books for home circulation and study, and a museum noted for natural science exhibits, especially large environment groups, with free lecture courses. The library and museum shared the building, completed in the late 1890s from designs by Ferry & Clas, until the museum moved to separate quarters in the 1960s.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pencil

Dear Mama + Dad, arrived OK. Goin to visit this place tomorrow. Helen P.S. you should see this room.

PublisherE. C. Kropp Co.
PUBLIC LIBRARY AND MUSEUM, MILWAUKEE, WIS. Four story building covering 300 x 250 feet, in the heart of the city. Open every day in the year. No admission charge. The Library contains approximately a half million books for free use of the entire public for home circulation and for study use. . . The Museum's exhibits in all branches of the Natural Sciences are especially notable for their large environment groups. Extensive free lecture courses are offered.
PostmarkedMilwaukee, WI, August 24, 1932, 20:00
Stamp
Addressed to
Harry Colledge

5740 Jefferson Ave. Ashtabula, OH

Postcard record

Postmarked, Milwaukee, WI
PublisherE. C. Kropp Co.
Series320
ConditionGood
Place addressedHarry Colledge, 5740 Jefferson Ave., Ashtabula, OH
Place depictedMilwaukee Public Library and Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Stamp1c George Washington, green, issued 1909
Stamp1c George Washington, green, perforated on all sides
NotesWhite border; light surface spotting and scuffs in the sky area; slight wear at corners. Postmark: MILWAUKEE WIS. AUG 24 8 PM 1932. Divided-back linen-era card with white border; light edge wear and minor soiling, pencil message written sideways along the left edge.

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Public Library and Museum, Milwaukee, WI, 1932, postcard, c. 1932. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/public-library-and-museum-milwaukee-wi-1932. Accessed November 2, 2026.