The Snapshots in Time Collection
'Sixth Avenue, Looking East, Emporia, Kans.' - Postcard, 1919
This charming hand-tinted postcard of Sixth Avenue in Emporia, Kansas, comes from the personal wartime correspondence collection of Private Willis W. Wagener, dated February 1919, just months after the Armistice ending World War I. Illustrated postcards such as this one were a popular and affordable way for soldiers and their families to share images of home during and after their time apart. Project: 218154