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![Postcard: Scene on Interurban Line, Northern Texas Traction Co. [front]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/pastperfectonline/images/museum_1030/011/thumbs/cp2006cl119.jpg)
![Postcard: Scene on Interurban Line, Northern Texas Traction Co. [back]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/pastperfectonline/images/museum_1030/016/thumbs/cp2006cl119-2.jpg)
Metadata
Object Name |
Postcard |
Title |
Postcard: Scene on Interurban Line, Northern Texas Traction Co. |
Date |
ca 1907-1915 |
Scope & Content |
Illustrated postcard of the Interurban Line. The landscape depicts power lines and a railroad track that stretches off into the distance. A road runs to the left of the track. The first highways often paralleled the Interuban or railroad track; as this image of the road between Dallas and Fort Worth illustrates. The caption on the front of the postcard says: Scene on Interurban Line, Northern Texas Traction Co., Between Fort Worth and Dallas, Texas. On the back is printed the following: Left Side Top: this Space for Writing Messages Left Side Left Edge: Published by S. H. Kress & Co. Made in U. S. A. Right Side Top Left: 'Post Card' in Display Font This Space for Address Only Right Side Top Right: Place Stamp Here Domestic One Cent Foreign Two Cents Right Side Bottom: 3309 POSTCARD MAILING RATES IN THE UNITED STATES July 1, 1898 - November 2, 1917 = 1 cent July 1, 1919 - April 24, 1925 = 1 cent July 1, 1928 - December 31, 1951 = 1 cent |
Search Terms |
Dallas Divided-Back Postcard Fort Worth Icon-Postcards Illustration Interurban Line Northern Texas Traction Company Postcard |
Collection |
Johnnie J. Myers Collection |
Catalog Number |
CP.2006.CL.1-19 |