This 1903 illustrated advertising envelope, promoting the Modesto-Turlock Irrigation Districts of California's Central Valley, was addressed to Mrs. J.A. Wagener of Modesto. Though preserved within the Willis W. Wagener WWI correspondence archive, its date predates the First World War by over a decade, indicating it is a family memento -- likely tied to Willis Wagener's father, J.A. Wagener, a local school superintendent -- rather than a wartime letter itself. The vivid 'Water is Wealth' graphics document the era's aggressive promotion of irrigated agriculture in California's booming Central Valley. Project: 218368