PostalPast
← Back to browse

Thomas Paine portrait, Philadelphia, PA, 1947

Subjects
PortraitsPublic Figures
Card type
Printed photo
Date
c. 1947 (Chrome)
Front of Thomas Paine portrait, Philadelphia, PA, 1947, Robert and Josephine Malory, PA, USA, c. 1947 printed photo postcard
Front
Back of Thomas Paine portrait, Philadelphia, PA, 1947, Robert and Josephine Malory, PA, USA, c. 1947 printed photo postcard
Back

About this postcard

Black-and-white halftone reproduction of an engraved portrait of Thomas Paine, shown in eighteenth-century coat and cravat with a document at his left. A printed caption and quotation appear in the lower white margin.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Harrisburg, Pa. Dec. 10-1947 My dear friends - I found the letter I was looking for, I thought I had lost it The president's letter. Thomas Paine was the American [illegible] Greeting Uncle [illegible]

PublisherFriendship Liberal League Inc.
THOMAS PAINE "The world is my country and to do good my religion."
Stamp
Addressed to
Robert and Josephine Malory

9 Way Side Inn 2203 Paxton Street Harrisburg, PA

FromTHOMAS PAINE CENTER, 5233 N. 5th St., Phila., PA 20

Postcard record

PublisherFriendship Liberal League Inc.
ConditionGood
Place addressedRobert and Josephine Malory, 2203 Paxton Street, 9 Way Side Inn, Harrisburg, PA
Place mentionedThomas Paine Center, 5233 N. 5th St., Philadelphia, PA
PublisherFriendship Liberal League Inc., Philadelphia, PA
Place sent fromTHOMAS PAINE CENTER, 5233 N. 5th St., Phila., PA, 20
Stampnone Thomas Paine
NotesWhite margin at bottom carrying the caption; halftone/engraved line texture; light surface wear and speckling. No postmark (no cancellation visible; card likely mailed in an envelope or hand-delivered). Divided-back card on cream matte stock. Orange Thomas Paine cinderella label (Friendship Liberal League Inc., Phila., Pa.) pasted at upper right — a propaganda label, not a postage stamp. Message datelined Harrisburg, Pa., Dec. 10, 1947; bottom of message trimmed by the scan edge.

Cite this card

Thomas Paine portrait, Philadelphia, PA, 1947, postcard, c. 1947. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/thomas-paine-portrait-philadelphia-pa-1947. Accessed November 2, 2026.