Large letter linen postcard, "Greetings from Madison Wisconsin", with the State Capitol dome in the center and views inside the letters keyed on the back: M Doorway of Supreme Court, A State Historical Library, D Boat House, I Sailing on Lake Mendota, S Mural painting Senate Chamber, O Bascom Hall, N U.S. Forest Products Laboratory. Printed by E.C. Kropp Co., Milwaukee, for a Madison, Wis. candy company; numbered 32884N, front number 14. Standard size, about 3.5 x 5.5 in. Condition: used, posted, with edge toning and a few light spots.

Mailed with a 1 cent green Washington stamp, machine canceled, with a Madison, Wis. April 10 circular postmark (year appears to be 194-, last digit hard to read). Addressed to Arthur, Illinois. The pencil message is a son writing home to his mother: "I got here O.K. only I am awful tired and sleepy but I just shouldn't complain. I made my connections all O.K. and hope you folks are O.K."

A classic Kropp large letter card for Madison, University of Wisconsin and Lake Mendota collectors.