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The High School building, Kewanee, IL, 1908

Subject
Schools & Universities
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1908 (Golden Age)
Front of The High School building, Kewanee, IL, 1908, Sara Cinnamond, IL, USA, c. 1908 lithograph postcard
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Back of The High School building, Kewanee, IL, 1908, Sara Cinnamond, IL, USA, c. 1908 lithograph postcard
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About this postcard

A large three-story red brick school building with stone trim, arched windows on the lower floors and a columned entrance portico, seen from across a lawn with bare trees and a utility pole in the foreground.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pencil

Mammony how are Neponset Ill Nov-18-08 Dear cousin Sara Will drop you a card if you are lucky enough to get it to let you know we are all well hope you are all the same Mary and I are coming to see you will start from Toulon Friday forenoon if nothing happens Love to Uncle Robert and all the rest of you will tell [illegible] when I get there

The High School, Kewanee, Ill.
PostmarkedNEPONSET, IL, November 18, 1908, 19:00
Stamp
Addressed to
Sara Cinnamond

Rutland, IL

Postcard record

Postmarked, NEPONSET, IL
ConditionGood
Place addressedSara Cinnamond, Rutland, IL
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1930, perforated on all sides
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1902, perforated vertical sides only
NotesWhite border; divided-back era color lithograph; light edge and corner wear. Postmark: NEPONSET NOV 18 7 PM 1908 ILL. Divided-back card ("THIS SIDE FOR CORRESPONDENCE" / "THIS SIDE FOR ADDRESS"), white border, pencil message, 1¢ green Franklin stamp; light edge wear.

Cite this card

The High School building, Kewanee, IL, 1908, postcard, c. 1908. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/the-high-school-building-kewanee-il-1908. Accessed November 2, 2026.