Postcard Collection

Commercialchrome postcard featuring the Cumberland Valley State Normal School's gymnasium. The gymnasium, now known as Stewart Hall, was built in 1894. The building was named Stewart Hall in 1950, when it was dedicated to former faculty members John Keats Stewart and Harriet Wylie Stewart. In 1916, when this postcard was produced, the gymnasium had an indoor track and was used for men's and women's physical education classes. The original campus complex, including Old Main, Horton Hall, Stewart Hall, Gilbert Hall, and the Martin House (the president's residence), has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is known as the Cumberland Valley State Normal School Historic District, reflecting the university's original name.\nPostcard verso with inscription reads "Dear Mother: This is to let you know I found my ring in bed this morning. I am very glad. In this building we take gymnasium exercises. I have been very stiff and sore since I took gymnasium last week. Sincerely, Mary" addressed to \nMrs. William Swartz \nPort Royal\nPenna\nR.F.D. [Rural Free Delivery] # 2

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."