Postcard
Racine Harbor
| Text on front reads: "Racine, Wisconsin in 1850." Artist's rendering of the view of the harbor with sailing ships, sailboats, rowboats and canoes. The Main Street and 6th Street bridges cross the Root River river as it flows to Lake Michigan. People can be seen fishing, visiting and rowing. A building is perched on the bank in the lower right. Flags and pennants are flying from boat masts. The buildings of the downtown are in the distance. |
| Image ID: | 148603 |
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| Creation Date: | 1850 |
| Creator Name: | Bishop, E. A. (Racine, Wis.) |
| City: | Racine |
| County: | Racine |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Wisconsin postcard collection, circa 1860s?-circa 1990s |
| Genre: | Postcard |
| Original Format Type: | prints, photomechanical |
| Original Format Number: | PH 2744 |
| Original Dimensions: | 5.5 x 3.5 inches |
| Divided back. 1¢ stamp. White Border Era, 1915-1930. Printed in USA. #2182. #A-10955. See Image ID: 55751 for another version of this postcard. |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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