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Scene at Feeble Minded Institute, Beatrice, NE, 1933

Subject
Hospitals & Sanatoria
Card type
Linen
Date
c. 1933 (Linen)
Front of Scene at Feeble Minded Institute, Beatrice, NE, 1933, Mrs. W. H. Hubbard, MN, USA, c. 1933 linen postcard
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Back of Scene at Feeble Minded Institute, Beatrice, NE, 1933, Mrs. W. H. Hubbard, MN, USA, c. 1933 linen postcard
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About this postcard

A row of red brick institutional buildings with hipped roofs, chimneys, and white-trimmed windows stands behind a broad lawn and a low white fence, with bare trees in the foreground. The campus belonged to the Nebraska Institution for the Feeble-Minded Youth, founded in the 1880s and later known as the Beatrice State Developmental Center. The name Feeble Minded Institute reflects the period language used for state institutions serving people with intellectual disabilities. In a message sent days before Christmas 1933, Bernice asks her mother in Minnesota for Dickie's address so she can send a Christmas remembrance, and assures her that everything is fine.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Dear Mother: Can you send me Dickie address. I want to mail to him a Xmas remembrance. Love to you all Everything O. K. with me. Bernice

PublisherCurt Teich & Co., Chicago
SCENE AT FEEBLE MINDED INSTITUTE, BEATRICE, NEBR.
PostmarkedBeatrice, NE, December 14, 1933, 19:30
Stamp
Addressed to
Mrs. W. H. Hubbard

R.F.D. # 3 Milaca, MN

Postcard record

Postmarked, Beatrice, NE
PublisherCurt Teich & Co., Chicago
Series2016-30
ConditionGood
Place addressedMrs. W. H. Hubbard, R.F.D. # 3, Milaca, MN
PublisherCurt Teich & Co., Chicago, Chicago, IL
Stamp1c Fort Dearborn, issued 1933, perforated on all sides
NotesWhite border; linen-textured stock; number 2016-30 printed at lower right; vertical crease through lower center and wear/soiling along left edge. Postmark: BEATRICE, NEBR. DEC 14 7:30 PM 1933. Divided back, C.T. American Art Colored (Curt Teich) imprint, white border, linen texture; 1933 Chicago Century of Progress 1¢ stamp. Minor edge wear.

Cite this card

Scene at Feeble Minded Institute, Beatrice, NE, 1933, postcard, c. 1933. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/scene-at-feeble-minded-institute-beatrice-ne-1933. Accessed November 3, 2026.