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Lot of 2 antique postcards, both posted in 1917 to the Decker family of Danville, Illinois. Standard size, about 3.5 x 5.5 in. Condition: well used — the Glacier card has a notch in the top edge, heavy wear and pencil scribbles on the back, and the Garrett card has surface loss at the upper left; both have messages, stamps and postmarks.
• Sherbourne Lakes and the Swiftcurrent Valley, Glacier National Park, Montana. Two open touring cars full of passengers on a dirt road by the lake. Brown & Bigelow, St. Paul, "See America First" Series A No. 108, "Visit Glacier National Park" verse on back. Seattle, Wash. Term. Sta. postmark Sep 21 1917 with a "Rainier National Park Opens June 15" slogan cancel; message reports arriving in Seattle.
• Scene near Garrett, Indiana. Flock of sheep grazing beside a stream. Garrett, Ind. postmark Jun 7 1917, message dated 6/6/17 and signed Mabel.
Two WWI-era travel cards from one family's mail — early national park auto touring plus a small-town Indiana view.
• Sherbourne Lakes and the Swiftcurrent Valley, Glacier National Park, Montana. Two open touring cars full of passengers on a dirt road by the lake. Brown & Bigelow, St. Paul, "See America First" Series A No. 108, "Visit Glacier National Park" verse on back. Seattle, Wash. Term. Sta. postmark Sep 21 1917 with a "Rainier National Park Opens June 15" slogan cancel; message reports arriving in Seattle.
• Scene near Garrett, Indiana. Flock of sheep grazing beside a stream. Garrett, Ind. postmark Jun 7 1917, message dated 6/6/17 and signed Mabel.
Two WWI-era travel cards from one family's mail — early national park auto touring plus a small-town Indiana view.
