Public Library, Racine, Wisconsin, circa 1910

Subject: Libraries
Card type: Lithograph
Date: c. 1902 (Early)

Back of Public Library, Racine, Wisconsin, circa 1910, Mary Shriver, IL, USA, c. 1902 lithograph postcard — Back

About this postcard

The card shows Racine's public library, a stone Beaux-Arts building with a tall arched entrance, rusticated base and a balustraded roofline, standing behind a lawn with young shade trees; a red brick building with a porch is visible at the right. Racine's library was one of the many Carnegie-funded public libraries erected in American cities in the early 20th century, and this view was issued by Milwaukee publisher F. C. Kropp as a tinted, white-bordered view card. The scene is otherwise a plain street-side architectural view with no figures.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Dear Grandma, We received your postal cards. And was glad to get them. Louis Stetler

PostmarkedRacine, WI

Addressed to

Mary Shriver

4405 State Street, Chicago, IL

Postcard record

Postmarked	Racine, WI
Publisher	F. C. Kropp
Series	1301
Condition	Fair
Place addressed	Mary Shriver, 4405 State Street, Chicago, IL
Stamp	1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1902
Notes	White border; heavy corner rounding, edge wear, creases and surface soiling; handwritten message and signature on the front over the sky and right margin; grainy tinted halftone/litho stock. Postmark: RACINE JUNC. STA. RACINE, WIS. OCT 24 1 PM (no year in cancel). Undivided back printed "THIS SIDE IS FOR THE ADDRESS."; 1¢ green Franklin stamp; colored halftone print; light creases and edge wear.

Cite this card

Public Library, Racine, Wisconsin, circa 1910, postcard, c. 1902. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/public-library-racine-wisconsin-circa-1910. Accessed October 24, 2026.