Offered is an exceptional early twentieth-century correspondence archive assembled in Newton, Harvey County, Kansas, and dating primarily from 1905 through 1907.

The collection contains more than sixty pieces including scenic postcards, humorous postcards, leather postcards, photographic postcards, advertising material, and personal correspondence. Many pieces are addressed to Dalton Reed and Mrs. Dalton Reed of Newton, Kansas. Additional items are addressed to Mrs. Dalton Brown, suggesting a family connection or closely related household correspondence.

Research identifies Dalton Reed in the 1900 United States Census as a 22-year-old Fireman R.I., believed to indicate employment with the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway.

The archive includes correspondence from numerous locations throughout the United States and provides a remarkable snapshot of travel, family communication, and daily life during the Golden Age of Postcards.

Notable locations and subjects include:

• Newton, Kansas
• Kemmerer, Wyoming
• Greensburg, Indiana
• New York City
• Arrowhead Springs, California
• Lindsay, California
• Pasadena, California

• Tacoma, Washington
• South Bend, Washington
• Reno, Nevada
• Kansas City historical views
• Native American subjects
• Humorous and comic postcards
• Leather souvenir postcards
• Real photo postcards
• Superior Union Suit advertising card distributed by Cannon & Reed, Newton, Kansas
• Buster Brown postcard attributed to R. F. Outcault

This archive is being offered intact as acquired and has not been separated for individual sale.