Description
This figural post card was addressed but never mailed. The fabric has pulled loose from one side of the clasp. That clasp has some surface rust. This canvas shoe or bootie has stamped into the fabric POST CARD with a ONE CENT rectangle and lines for an address. The opposite side has a small cat sitting on a fence with A FEW SCRATCHES FROM A FRIEND OF YOURS next to it. THESE ITEMS DATE TO THE FIRST FEW YEARS OF THE 20TH CENTURY WHEN MANY ODD SHAPED ITEMS WERE BEING MAILED AS ONE CENT POSTCARDS.   This was addressed to some one living on the south side of Chicago.     Alabama, Arizona, Alaska, Arkansas, Connecticut, Colorado, California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Illinois, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Montana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, New York, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Vermont, West Virginia, Washington, Wyoming, Wisconsin & Washington, D.C.                     220
