Erie, PA - Pennsylvania, General Anthony Wayne Block House Vintage Postcard
In Erie Pennsylvania is a restored blockhouse on the site of American Fort Presque Isle. It is the original burial place of General Anthony Wayne, who died there on December 15, 1796. He was buried, and then 13 years later he was dug up, hacked apart, and boiled in a pot. His flesh was then reburied in its original grave, under the flagpole outside the blockhouse in which he died. A fire destroyed the blockhouse around 1830, and people forgot about Anthony Wayne. When his remains were accidentally dug up again in 1879, Erie decided to rebuild the blockhouse as a memorial to their general.
Curt Teich Co. 1898-1978 Chicago, IL 2B-H1317 dated 1942: Curt Teich became an early publisher of postcards but did not begin printing them in number himself until 1908. Most of the company's postcards had white borders. The company employed offset printing beginning in 1907 and began producing linen postcards in the early 1930s. The Curt Teich Company employed various credit lines, including Curteich-Chicago, C. T. American Art, and C. T. Photochrome. After 1930 card numbers began with a number corresponding to the last digit of the year it was published in followed by a letter series denoting the decade. After 1930 card numbers began with a number corresponding to the last digit of the year it was published in followed by a letter series denoting the decade (A-30's, B-40's, C-50's, D-60's, E-70's)
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