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Sender

Ivary [Washington, District of Columbia, United States]

Recipient

Miss May Clarke [St. Joseph, Missouri, United States]

Postmark

1937-10-15

Caption

The Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C. The Folger Shakespeare Library – The Folger Library was bequeathed to the Trustees of Amherst College by Henry Clay Folger of the Amherst Class of 1879, and has a $10,000,000 endowment fund. The white marble building is a treasure house; within the protecting walls is the "finest collection of Shakespeariana the world has known," including more the 70,000 volumes, as well as pictures and other relics.

Physical Description

One linen postcard with a divided back. The postcard was published by the B.S. Reynolds Company in Washington, D.C. and printed by the Metropolitan Post Card Company in Everett, Massachusetts.

Condition

Used

Language of Message

English

Language of Postcard

English

Location

United States–Washington D.C.

Publisher

B.S. Reynolds Co.

Printer

Metropolitan Post Card Co.

Printing Process

Chromolithography

Technique

Artist rendering

Date Issued

1930-1955

Object Type

Postcard

Object Size

14 X 09 cm

Original Collection

San Diego College for Women Postcard Collection

Publisher Series

M523

Postcard Collection Number

Washington DC-05

Digital Collection

San Diego College for Women Linen Postcard Collection

Digital Publisher

Copley Library, University of San Diego

Date Digitized

2013

Image File Size

235 KB

Image Format

Image/Jpeg

Repository

Special Collections. Copley Library, University of San Diego

Image File Location

Cop-Darc\Postcards\Linen Postcards\Washington DC\DC-05A

Copyright

This postcard may be protected by copyright law. It is being made available for non-commercial, personal, educational, and research use only. It is the responsibility of the user to locate and obtain permission from the copyright owner(s) or heirs for any other use.

Keywords

Folger Shakespeare Library (Washington, DC), Libraries, Historic Sites

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