These souvenir postcards were hugely popular in in the 1940s and 1950s in America. Companies like Curt Teich and Co. made cards representing every state and almost all the towns and cities (more than 10,000) in the country.
I have collected a digital archive of around 2000 Large Letter postcards, but won't be showing all those here. Instead I have chosen interesting examples from across the range of designs and locations represented.
For other examples see parts 1 - 4 also. This is part 5 of a 6 – part post on Large-Letter postcards:
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| Galena, Illinois |
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Galesburg, Illinois
Curt Teich & Co. |
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| Galesburg, Illinois |
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Geneva, Illinois
Curt Teich & Co. |
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Glencoe, Illinois
Curt Teich & Co. |
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Harvard, Illinois
Curt Teich & Co. |
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| Illinois |
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Joliet, Illinois
Curt Teich & Co. 1940 |
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| Joliet, Illinos |
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Kewanee, Illinois
Curt Teich & Co. 1943 |
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La Grange, Illinois
Curt Teich & Co. |
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Lake Zurich, Illinois
Curt Teich & Co. |
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Lewiston, Illinois
Curt Teich & Co. 1943 |
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Libertyville, Illinois
Curt Teich & Co. |
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Macomb, Illinois
Curt Teich & Co. 1943 |
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Marengo, Illinois
Curt Teich & Co. |
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Maywood, Illinois
Curt Teich & Co. |
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McHenry, Illinois
Curt Teich & Co. |
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Metropolis, Illinois
Curt Teich & Co. |
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Moline, Illinois
Curt Teich & Co. |
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Mundelein, Illinois
Curt Teich & Co. |
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Park Ridge, Illinois
Curt Teich & Co. |
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Pekin, Illinois
Curt Teich & Co. |
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| Peoria, Illinois |
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Peoria, Illinois
Curt Teich & Co. |
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| Peoria, Illinois |
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River Forest, Illinois
Curt Teich & Co. |
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Riverside, Illinois
Curt Teich & Co. |
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Rock Island, Illinois
Curt Teich & Co. |
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Rockford, Illinois
Curt Teich & Co. |
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| Rockford, Illinois |
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Skokie, Illinois
Curt Teich & Co. |
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Springfield, Illinois
Curt Teich & Co. 1935 |
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| Starved Rock State Park, Illinois |
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Sterling and Rock Falls, Illinois
Curt Teich & Co. |
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Vandalia, Illinois
Curt Teich & Co. |
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Wauconda, Illinois
Curt Teich & Co. |
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Waukegan, Illinois
Curt Teich & Co. 1946 |
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Waycross, Georgia
Curt Teich & Co. 1943 |
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| Waycross, Georgia |
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Willimantic, Connecticut
Curt Teich & Co. 1944 |
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Wilmetts, Illinois
Curt Teich & Co. |
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| Wilmington, Delaware |
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Wilmington, Delaware
Curt Teich & Co. 1937 |
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Winslow Arizona
Curt Teich & Co. 1939 |
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Woodstock, Illinois
Curt Teich & Co. |
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| Ybar City, Florida |
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Yosemite, California
Curt Teich & Co. 1939 |
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Zion, Illinois
Curt Teich & Co. 1951 |
