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Railroad Depot Martinsville Illinois IL Train Freight Boxcar RPPC Cooley Postcard ✍️ Message on the Postcard
Front:
Faint, illegible handwritten script is visible on the far right edge of the postcard, partially off the main image area.
🖼️ Information on the Front of the Postcard
📝 In-Scene Text
MARTINSVILLE (on the depot building)
🏢 Publisher Information
Not visible
💬 Captions
MARTINSVILLE, DEPOT.
PHOTO BY COOLEY
📬 Information on the Back of the Postcard
📮 Address
Miss Cora Smith
N. Clarendon
Penna.
300
📅 Postmark & Stamp
**Postmark:**
* **Location:** Martinsville, VA (The \"VA\" is partially visible at the top right of the postmark circle).
* **Date:** January 7
* **Time:** 7 AM
* **Year:** The year begins with \"190\" but the last digit is unclear/illegible. Given the stamp type, it is most likely 1909 or later, but cannot be definitively read from the image.
**Stamp:**
* **Denomination:** One Cent
* **Design:** Portrait of Benjamin Franklin, facing left.
* **Text:** \"UNITED STATES OF AMERICA\" at the top, \"ONE CENT\" at the bottom, \"1706 FRANKLIN 1790\" on the left side. The stamp is a green Washington-Franklin series, 1-cent Benjamin Franklin stamp.
🏛️ Publisher & Postal Note
* **Printed text:** \"POST CARD\"
* **Postal Note:** \"THIS SIDE FOR THE ADDRESS\"
* **Publisher:** Not visible
Note: Postcard information is read by AI and may contain errors. Please review images for accuracy.
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