Printed postcard of Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada, card number 14, showing an elevated view over the town with a large twin-spired church at center, two bridges crossing the river, a curving railway line and road in the foreground, and homes spreading to the horizon. Standard size, about 3.5 x 5.5 inches, white border. Postally used: Medicine Hat, Alta. machine cancel dated Jun 5, 1940, with a 2 cent Canada King George VI stamp, addressed to Effingham, Illinois, U.S.A. Condition: good with light corner and edge wear, toning, and a handwritten message filling the left side of the back.

Back credits Photogelatine Engraving Co. Limited, Ottawa, with the PECO maple-leaf logo. The sender's pencil-and-ink message mentions arriving in town and the travel ahead.

A nice Prairie town view for collectors of Alberta and western Canada postcards, Canadian postal history of the George VI era, or Effingham, Illinois family correspondence.