Postcard Collection

Black and white photographic postcard depicting the removal of engine 1538 after a train accident/wreck with caption "Removing 1538 From Wreck. MAR.3.07. E. Of Shippensburg, PA. #348". Crane to life engine seein in top left. Many spectators watching the event.\nVerso of #346 postcard addressed to "Miss Kate Grove"\nVerso message transcription: "This big engine butted the other one of the track and upset it. There was immense crowds out to see them clear up the wreck. Them had two steam derricks there. Thanks for the Easter card. Clarence"

Postcard with caption "Administration Building, State Normal School, Shippensburg, Pa". The handwritten note on the front of the postcard reads: "Hello. Have heard you have arrived in Fulton Co. safe. Suppose that means girls, --- and all. Imagine you'll be in --- tomorrow. Martha". Postcard verso addressed to Mr. Russell Nelson, M'Connellsburg, Fulton Co., Penna.

Postcard with caption "The Black Bear Hotel, Building Remodeled In 1884. Shippensburg PA" Railroad line in foreground. Verso has post stamp legible as "SHIPPENSBURG, PA MAY 14 9AM 1907" Verso addressed to: "Mr. Russell Nelson, M Connellsburg [McConnellsburg], Fulton Co., Penna."