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Fredonia NY Normal School Gymnasium Interior Postcard 1911 Weiler Dunkirk SUNY — photo 1 of 2

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About this piece

Antique printed postcard captioned "Interior View Normal Gymnasium, Fredonia, N.Y.", showing the inside of the gym with hanging rings and ropes, a pommel horse, parallel bars, a vaulting table, climbing ladders, a spectator balcony and exposed timber roof trusses. Standard size, about 3.5 x 5.5 inches, divided back. Postally used: Fredonia, N.Y. machine cancel dated Aug 1911 with a 1 cent green Franklin stamp, addressed to Loogootee, Illinois, with a handwritten message. Condition: fair, with chipped and missing lower corners, foxing and brown stains on the back, staining around the stamp, and a few small spots on the front.

Back is imprinted "The Weiler Publishing Company, Dunkirk, N.Y. American Agents. Trier, Berlin." A small code number is partly visible at the lower right.

The Fredonia Normal School is today's SUNY Fredonia, making this an early look at the campus for alumni, Chautauqua County collectors and anyone interested in early gymnastics and physical education equipment.