Terre Haute

Here is my submission for this month’s Festival of Postcards.  The theme for this month is quadrapeds; which are four-legged animals.  This postcard was taken on a street in Terre Haute, Indiana in 1910.

Wordless Wednesday – 9 September 2009

Wabash Avenue, looking east from Sixth Street. Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana.

A Festival of Postcards (4th Edition)

This month’s theme is water, so I chose the above postcard. It depicts the old Wagon Bridge that crossed the Wabash River in Terre Haute, Indiana. The hand written date is 22 September 1906. The note reads: arrived here at 12 last night. leave for Jarvis tonight. got a player yesterday. Everything is lovely on the Wabash. Your bro. Chas. I researched a little bit of the bridge’s history, and