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Indianapolis, State Capitol
Unused card, bought in 2003. Slight corner abrasion, otherwise undamaged. Grade: 2
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Greetings from Turkey Run
Two of these unused Curteichcolor (9CK2579) cards are available. They date from the 1960s and apart from very gentle aging on reverse, are in as-new condition. Grades: 1
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Greetings (map)
Something for everyone on this Dexter Press card 46109-B, from 1960s, with map and 15 pictures. Card was never mailed and apart from minor aging is in excellent shape. Grade: 1
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Greetings from Indianapolis
Lusterchrome card K-11795 from 1960s, unused. Grade: 2
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Greeting from Indianapolis
Unused Lusterchrome card K-9067 from 1960s, a little unusual by not having any “s” in “Greeting.” Just about as-new. Grade: 2
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Greetings
Unused, clean Dexter Press card 46110-B from 1960s. Grade: 1
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Lincoln City, Lincoln Boyhood Nat. Memorial
Pop quiz: how many of us might have thought this would be in Illinois? Not to worry, you’re not alone. This 1960s Curteichcolor card 5DK-1618 is unused and can almost pass for new. Grade: 1
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Chesterton, Indiana Dunes State Park
The card is good; it’s the scene that is a bit bleak. Unused Dexter Press card I-61 and 66590-B from the 50s or 60s, just aging a little on the reverse. Grade: 2
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Dyer, Teibel’s Restaurant
Yes, it seems (thanks, Google) that this restaurant is still there. The vintage postcard however is from the late 1940s and though never mailed it has a travel agency’s rubber stamp on the somewhat dirty reverse. Grade: 4
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Rensselaer, St. Joseph’s College
Dextone card 43327 of this Catholic college conducted by the Society of the Precious Blood. The card is unmailed, has a travel agent’s rubber stamp on the reverse, and has a crease on lower right front corner. Grade: 5
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Hebron, Public School
Absolutely classical view of the prototypical middle-American school in the 1940s and 50s. If it’s still there, and still looks like this, forgive us, but if you’re of a certain age you know we’re right. The card was not mailed, but has a travel agent’s rubber stamp on reverse, along with a pencilled date of December 15th, 1954. Curteich card 2C103. Grade: 4
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Notre Dame, University
This unused Dexter Press card 63706-B is from the 1960s, and shows Our Lady of Fatima Shrine. Grade: 2
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Rensselaer, Sigo News Agency
This unmailed card is a mess on front and back, with many creases and a big rubber stamp mark on the reverse. If we still have it, we’ll give it to you for free if you ask for it when you order any other card(s). Grade: 5
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Hebron, Boy Scout cabin
Unmailed Curteich card 2C102 has the date “December 15, 1954” pencilled on the reverse, along with a travel agent’s rubber-stamped name. Grade: 4
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Hebron, Methodist Church
Unmailed Curteich card 2C100 has the date “December 15, 1954” pencilled on the reverse, along with a travel agent’s rubber-stamp. Grade: 4
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Hebron, St. Helen’s Church
Unmailed Curteich card 2C104 has the date “December 15, 1954” pencilled on the reverse, along with a travel agent’s rubber-stamped name. Grade: 4
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Rockville, Neet Bridge
Here’s a nice example of a covered bridge: unused Curteichcolor card 4DK-31 of a bridge built in 1904 and crossing the Little Raccoon River near Rockville, which had been (is?) the site of an annual covered bridge festival. Grade: 1
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Indianapolis, Market Street
Looking west down Market Street, from Monument Circle showing Capitol Dome in foreground and Indiana State Office Building in background. Unused Midwest Color Card Co. card K-11792. Grade: 2
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Sesquicentennial 1816-1966
Unused card, and you could call it “as new” but the date would give it away. Grade: 1
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Indianapolis, Motor Speedway Museum interior
Unused card, vintage 1960s, of the 500 Mile Race Museum. The card itself (Curteichcolor 4DK-1199) is published by the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Corporation and shows the Maserati that Wilbur Shaw drove to victory in the 1939 and 1940 races. Presumably the museum has expanded greatly since then. Grade: 1
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Indianapolis, Speedway main gate
Unused R.C. Reavis Curteichcolor card 4DK-1499 from the 1960s, showing the main gate of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. We’ve not been there but we suspect it is a bit bigger now. Grade: 1
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Richmond, Old National Road Welcome Center
Contemporary card, mailed in 2010 with three stamps, USPS barcoding, and full postmark. Abrasions on the front. Grade: 4
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Tippecanoe Battle Ground Monument
Honoring, among others, General William Henry Harrison, who was to become the 9th U.S. President. Unused Dexter Press card 5610-B, dated 1962. Grade: 3
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Vincennes, George Rogers Clark Memorial
We like modesty, so we are taken by the front caption of this as “The Finest National Memorial outside Washington, D.C.” The reverse caption goes on to explain much, much more. Unused Curteich-Chicago linen card 4B-H796, aging. Grade: 2
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Indianapolis, greetings
Unused Lusterchrome (Tichnor) card K-11799 with this aerial view of downtown Indianapolis. Grade: 3
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Muncie, Ball State University, Beneficence
Unused but aging Plastichrome card P65076. As information, “Beneficence” is a “monumental tribute to the generosity and foresightedness of the five Ball Brothers.” Grade: 3
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Centerville, Original Northwest Territory courthouse
Built in 1810, this building–according to the caption–seems to have been moved twice since its original location at Salisbury, a town that no longer exists. A house without a home, so to speak. Unused card 95488. Grade: 1
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Ft. Wayne, Johnny Appleseed grave
It happens sometimes, that we get two cards with the same photo on the front, but different captions (and publishers, and index numbers) on the reverse. So, here we have two unused cards, one from Nelson Jones (#30185) and one from Marquart Photo Service (#29951). The captions are completely different, except that each credits the same photographer. Nelson Jones has some visible abrasion on the reverse. Grades: 3
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Ft. Wayne, Johnny Appleseed grave
Unused Dexter Press card 64461 (F-103). Significant abrasions on the front. Grade: 5
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Richmond, Glen Miller Park flower garden
Unused Curteichcolor card 7C-K1875 (K.2). The park covered 200 acres. Grade: 3
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The Ft. Wayne Orphans Home, Main Entrance
Unused and very old Auburn Post Card Manufacturing Co. unnumbered card, with a heavy vertical crease. Grade: 4
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Mansfield Flood Control Lake
Unused card 108250, showing this recreational area in Parke County, Indiana. Grade: 1
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Valparaiso, A much trodden path at Sagers
Google tells us that Sagers is a lake near Valparaiso, complete with Lover’s Lane. We tell you that the B&W card was mailed in 1909 with stamp and full postmark and is in superb conditon. As a side note, why on earth did the USPS abandon this type of postmark in favour of the blurred mess they use now? Grade: 1
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Wabash, Up the Wabash River
Rotograph Co. B&W card D27272, mailed in 1907 with fully readable postmark, and stamp. Minor album indents on corners. Grade: 2
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Terre Haute, Moonlight on the Wabash
Even we find it hard to believe we have two of these mailed cards, both to the same person but from different senders, each mailed in 1908 and each with stamp still there. Our scanned photo shows the better of the two cards (Grade: 2, $6) while the other card has a better postmark but also all that ink transfer on the front (Grade: 4, $3).
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Indianapolis, Motor Speedway Pagoda
An extensive caption on the reverse of this card, mailed in 2011 or 2012, explains everything. Postal barcoding, three different stamps. Grade: 1
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Nashville, Brown County State Park, West Overlook Tower
An older, unused, and very domestic card. Grade: 1
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Logansport, Lone Cliff, Administration Building
Another name for this facility was “Northern Indiana Hospital for the Insane,” though that didn’t make it on to the faintly visible caption at the front bottom of this postcard. Still, that’s what it was. The card is unused but has one name, Pauline, written in the address area. Grade: 3
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Corydon, Old State Capitol
Unused Curteich-Chicago card OB424-N of a building that served as Indiana’s capitol from 1816-1825. Significant abrasions on the front lower left. Grade: 4
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La Fayette, Purdue University, Heavilon Hall
We told you we tell the stories, so here’s one for you about this card, mailed in 1942 with stamp and local postmark: Heavilon Hall was dedicated in 1894 and burned down four days later. Rebuilt by 1895, it (what you see here) lasted until 1956 when the building was demolished–with clock and bells placed in storage. The original bells and restored clockworks have been incorporated into the latest Heavilon Hall, completed in 1995. So there! Grade: 1