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Post Office workroom, c. 1907

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dc.coverage.temporal Battle Creek. Michigan, circa 1907 en_US
dc.identifier.other LPC-025-027-001 en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://dspace.willardlibrary.org/xmlui/handle/123456789/11941
dc.description Postcard showing a photo of the workroom at the Post Office building designed by Detroit architect Albert Kahn, opened in 1907. The building's stone trim and repeating arches exemplify Second Renaissance Revival architecture. The post office became the Calhoun County Hall of Justice in 1978. The structure was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. Caption on front: Workroom U. S. Post Office Battle Creek, Mich. Written on back: Will be in B.C. Mich on the earliest car one can get. will go to Harry's Mon. all well Grapes aren't ripe enough to pick until the first of the week. Sept 14 1907 Good bye Lotta Sent to: [illegible] Tompkins Bellevue Mich R. F. D. #6 Sent on: September 17, 1907 en_US
dc.format.medium b&w postcard en_US
dc.language.iso En en_US
dc.subject Post Office en_US
dc.subject Monuments en_US
dc.title Post Office workroom, c. 1907 en_US
dc.type Image en_US


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