The description on the front of the card:
Toledo State Hospital, Toledo, Ohio.
Postmark Date: July 7, 1909
Number in Series: 111?6
Era: Divided Back Era
Condition: Used
The message on the back of the card:
Have met lots of friends, and am going all the time.
Martha.
Addressed to:
Mrs. M. Van Nest
12 Columbus Ave.
Wooster, Ohio
Published by:
Published exclusively for S.H. Knox & Co.
S. H. Knox & Co. was a retail company based in Buffalo, New York, active from 1884 to 1911. Founded by Seymore Horrace Knox, the company entered into a partnership with his cousin Frank Woolworth to open the first five-and-dime store in Reading, Pennsylvania, in 1884. Knox expanded the chain, eventually becoming the second-largest in the United States and notably opening the first urban five-and-dime store in Detroit.
As the popularity of postcards grew, Knox became a significant distributor and publisher of postcards through his stores. In 1911, S. H. Knox & Company was merged into the F.W. Woolworth & Co. chain.
Made in the U.S.A.
Cancel type: Machine cancel
Stamp: Green one-cent
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Rights Info: Public Domain
