Lucina Hall Ball State Teachers College Muncie Indiana 1944 Postcard
$ 5.27
Description
Lucina Hall Ball State Teachers College Muncie Indiana 1944 Postcard. The card beautifully captures the distinctive architecture of Lucina Hall, a prominent building on campus, showcasing its classic brick facade, multiple gables, and elegant bay windows, characteristic of early 20th-century institutional design. Discover a piece of collegiate history with this authentic vintage postcard featuring Lucina Hall at Ball State Teachers College in Muncie, Indiana. The card beautifully captures the distinctive architecture of Lucina Hall, a prominent building on campus, showcasing its classic brick facade, multiple gables, and elegant bay windows, characteristic of early 20th-century institutional design. The image provides a glimpse into the academic environment of the era, complete with a tree-lined drive and well-maintained grounds. This collectible postcard, published by The Albertype Co. of Brooklyn, N.Y., is a genuine historical artifact from the early 1940s. It bears a clear Muncie, Indiana postmark from February 8, 1944, and features a handwritten message from "Bertram" to "Dr. & Mrs. I. Silverman" in Birmingham, Alabama. The correspondence offers a personal insight into wartime communication, noting the sender's military status (Pvt. Bertram Silverman) and utilizing the "FREE" postage privilege for servicemen. This postcard is a wonderful find for collectors of college memorabilia, Indiana history, or military postal history.
