A red-brick church with a tall, dark-shingled steeple rises above a dense screen of trees, with a second slender spire visible in the distance at right. The printed caption names it as St. Mary's Church in Wien, Missouri, a small Chariton County community settled in the 1870s and 1880s largely by German Catholic immigrants, whose parish church was the center of local religious life. The tinted, halftone-textured rendering is typical of inexpensive color lithograph postcards of the pre-World War I era.
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pen
Dear friend,
Received the card and was [illegible]
[illegible] containing a letter
not having a letter [illegible]
arrived [illegible]
we will [illegible]
are getting [illegible]
I will [illegible]
you [illegible]
[illegible]
Thin white border; visible halftone dot texture; light staining along top edge and worn corners, small chip at lower right.
Postmark: WIEN MO. 1 PM 1910 (month/day obscured by cancel). Divided-back era card, 1910; German message in old script written sideways along the left edge; light edge/corner wear, small stain at lower right.
Cite this card
St. Mary's Church, Wien, Missouri, circa 1910, postcard, n.d.. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/st-marys-church-wien-missouri-circa-1910. Accessed October 24, 2026.
