Antique hand-tinted real photo postcard (RPPC) of the Lutheran Church, St. Elmo, Ill., number 3518, a "Photoette" made by C. U. Williams, Bloomington, Illinois. The view shows the white frame church with its tall pointed steeple and Gothic windows behind a picket fence, with neighboring houses, a utility pole and bare winter trees under a soft blue tinted sky. Standard size, about 3.5 x 5.5 inches. Unposted; light toning, minor corner and edge wear, and a pencil "500" at the top of the back.

The divided back reads "This space may be used for correspondence" and "For address only", with the C. U. Williams Photoette imprint in the stamp box. No message, stamp or postmark.

A small-town Lutheran church real photo for collectors of Fayette County and southern Illinois history, Lutheran congregations, or C. U. Williams Photoettes.