Postcard Collection

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."

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."