Postcard Collection

Inscription on verso reads: S.S.T.C. Shippensburg Pa. 1958 Cumberland photo A "Old Main" and caption reads "Old Main" State Teachers College Shippensburg 1958 Cumberland

Black and white photographic print postcard of church on corner with caption: "Shippensburg, PA. Presbyterian Church. J.P. Karper, Stationer."\nVerso of Presbyterian Church postcard addressed to "Miss Kate E. Grove Pennington New Jersey" On left bottom is written "Eglantine Diary." On verson two post office stamps. Right: "SHIPPENSBURG, PA. SEP 29 9AM 1906"; Left: "PENNING[TON, NJ] OCT 1 9AM 1906 REC'D"

Image of Reisner Dining Hall in color. Verso caption reads "Reisner Dining Hall. Opened in 1965, this facility became the second dining hall on the campus of Shippensburg State College. It is designed to serve the 2,400 students that will eventually be located in the residence halls adjacent to the structure."

Postcard of a 5 black and white historic photographs of prominent buildings of Shippensburg organized into a collage.\nVerso print reads, "Shippensburg 1730-1970 Souvenir Card 1. Old Main on the Shippensburg State College Campus as it looked in 1879 when the school was eight years old, the trees small and "The Path to Education" indeed dim 2. The Hotel Sherman on the s.w. corner of the Square as it looked about 1910. It was built in the late 1830's and torn down in 1964. 3. The Widow Piper's Tavern on the s.w. corner of King and Queen as it looked in 1908. Built in 1735, it served as the first Cumberland County Courthouse 1750-51. 4. The Tollgate was at the foot of the hill on East King Street: a small brick house and hinged pike or pole. Tolls were taken here for 100 years (1814-1914) to finance the road that is now Route 11. 5. West King Street looked like this in 1912. The Post Office is now on the left where you see the rear of the small wagon."

Caption "Shippensburg Square Looking South, Publ. by G.F. Walters & Son's Bargain Annex." Number "5452" printed left of caption. Black and White photo with added red, green, and yellow coloration for printing. \nVerso addressed to: "Miss Kate Grove. Pennington. N.J. Mercer Co."\n3 Post stamps on verso. Far right: "SHIPPENSBURG, PA DEC 17 1PM 1906"; middle: "TRENTON, N.J. DEC 17 9 -PM 1906"; left: "PENNINGTON, N.J., DEC 18 7AM 1906 REC'D"