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House of Treasure, Biloxi, MS-Back

=====Message=====
Date: Undated.

Text-in ink: "Hi! Enjoying beautiful sun and weather--will drive to New Orleans tomorrow. Think of you every day. Hope you can vacation as you planned.
Les and Mary."

Addressee: Mr. and Mrs. C Bagley, 21290 Jill Court, Waukesha Wis, 53186.

=====Description Information=====

Postcard title: House of Treasure, Biloxi, MS-Back.

Publisher: Published by Custom Craft. Made by Dexter Press Inc. Founder Thomas A. Dexter began printing postcards in 1934 in New York and New Jersey. The collection, donated by Tommie Dexter Reardon, daughter of the founder of the company, includes job printing files; black and white, linen finish, and chrome postcards; and a box of black and white photographs used to make the black and white postcards. A later addition includes photographs and negatives, postcard samples, framed photographs, 3-D postcards, and other assorted postcards. Rounding out the collection are photographs of the interior and exterior of the Dexter Press offices, and a scrapbook with articles, photographs, and brochures from the 1920s to the 1990s.

The business records of Dexter Press are held at The Newberry Library as part of the Curt Teich Postcard Archives Collection, Chicago, Ill, USA.

Distributed by Audrey Murphy Photography, Biloxi, Mississippi, USA.

Date published: Circa 1965.

Printed text: House of Treasure. Biloxi, Mississippi. This lovely old Victorian mansion owned by the City of Biloxi is a cultural and tourist attraction. The "Widow's Wal"--circular porch--was used by wives to watch for their seafaring menfolk to return. Housing a collection of rare and beautiful antiques, the house is open to the public.

Distributed by Audrey Murphy Photography, P.O. Box 575, Biloxi, Miss.

Color by Audrey Murphy. 34522-C. Made by Dexter Press Inc., West Nyack, New York.

Postmarked: April 16, 1968. Biloxi, MS.

Stamp: $0.05 George Washington.

Postcard period: Photochrom, 1945-Present.

Location found: Online-Ebay.

Date found: December 20, 2020.

Price paid: $0.12

Dimension: 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.

Notes: All scans are uploaded as archival quality at 600 dpi with lossless file type, .tiff.

Sources: "Dexter Press Inc. Records, 1934-Approximately 1992." The Newberry, Identifier: Modern.MS.Dexter, mms.newberry.org/xml/xml_files/Dexter.xml. Accessed January 5, 2021.

Mississippi Gulf Coast Time Traveler. "House of Treasure." Facebook, 20 Oct 2016,
www.facebook.com/Mississippi-Gulf-Coast-Time-Traveler-149.... Accessed January 5, 2021.

"A. Baldwin Wood." Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._Baldwin_Wood. Accessed January 5, 2021.

Taken in: United States / Wisconsin / Waukesha / Waukesha (show map)

Taken on: January 1, 2021

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