Postcard Collection

Postcard with caption "#338 S. Main St, Mercersburg". Photograph of Mercerburg's square downtown. On the right corner is a dry goods store with name "F.P. BREWER" painted on the building. Horses and buggies are parked along the street. Four men are seen walking or standing along the street. Verso addressed to Miss Kate E. Grove Pennington, New Jersey. Ink post stamps on back partially legible. Right reads: "RICH.FURN. .O.-- 3- JUN 1907 --" and left reads "PENNINGTON, N.J. JUN -- 9AM 1907 REC'D"\nBook says that #336-338 were possibly never used. Not in Laughlin book

Black and white photograph of train wreck. Man and boy standing in foreground posing. Other people in background focusing on train wreck. Caption reads "#547 P.&R. Wreck At C.V. Water Tower, July 20, 07, Shippensburg, PA."\nVerso addressed to: "Miss Katherine E. Grove Pennington New Jersey" Verso message transcription: "Many thanks for card. On the other side you can see part of Mrs. Woods wrecked kitchen and three carloads of coal were dumped at their back door. To the right was their potato patch in which was dumped 13 broken cars. You can see part of one engine. It is crossways of the track. C.L.G." Rector: Post office stamp in ink "TRENTON, N.J. JUL28 730PM 1907"\nVerso: Two partially legible post office ink stamps- right" "SHIPPENSBURG, PA. JUL29 9AM 1907" and left: "PENNINGTON -- JUL30 7-- 1907"

Black and white with a beige hue photograph of tree-lined Normal Avenue and adjacent walk-way and field with more trees arranged in linear fashion. Caption: "Normal Avenue, Shippensburg, PA." Verso of Normal Avenue image. Has two post stampes. The stamp on the right reads "SHIPPENSBURG SEP 14 9AM 1906" and the stamp on the left is legible as "SEP 14 6PM 1906 REC'D". Possible part of original postcard missing, including possible hand-writing at bottom of verso. Verso addressed to "Miss Kate E. Grove Pennington."