Postcard, standard size, showing "The Union, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina." Caption on back: "The Union. Which will be the center of student life is rapidly taking shape and The Union will be one of the first structures finished on the new campus. In this building will be found spacious dining rooms, organization rooms, telephone and telegraph offices, barber shop and store, post office, etc." Published by Rose Agency Inc., Durham, NC. Used. Postmark 1931. Bumped corners. MINT condition. This card dates from the first year the West Union was built.

About the building (from Duke website): Completed in 1931, the West Campus Union was the original location of the university‘s cornerstone. The basement once served as the school‘s "Main Street" with a soda shop, post office, bookstore, bank and laundry. Occupants now include several dining halls, the  Duke Card office, the Faculty Commons, and the Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Culture.

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