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
Dearest friend:—
Received the lovely card you sent me last week, many thanks. I certainly will excuse you for not having a letter. I am very sorry that you are so [illegible]. We are all well & hope that you all are getting along well. This [illegible] of church, but you could see very much [illegible]. I have to [illegible] will like to write [illegible] with a german letter [illegible].
Sept. 21. 1910.
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; English message in old script written sideways along the left edge, dated Sept. 21, 1910; light edge/corner wear, small stain at lower right.
Cite this card
St. Mary's Church, Wien, MO, 1910, postcard, c. 1910. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/st-marys-church-wien-mo-1910. Accessed November 2, 2026.
