Description:
Postcard showing a photo of a Grand Trunk boxcar inside the Grand Trunk shops in Battle Creek, c. 1909. The Shops were built in 1908 along Verona Road in Emmett Township at a cost of $3,000,000. They employed 400-500 persons by 1913.
Caption on front: G.T.shops - Battle creek, Mich 149
Written on back: Yours rec'd. Thanks. How would you like a pickeral from old Verona. They are biting now. 12 lb. is the record for this fall at present writing. Our business is quite fair. G. W. Collins #2 Fire Station Battle Creek, Mich
Sent to: Karl Van Huysen U.S.S. Washington San Francisco Cal. c/o Postmaster
Sent on: September 14, 1909