Howdy! from Deep in the Heart of Texas (Bound for Tokyo)
Dublin Core
Title
Howdy! from Deep in the Heart of Texas (Bound for Tokyo)
Date
1943
Type
Postcards
Identifier
P117
Postcards Item Type Metadata
Condition
VG Condition. Small tape residue at top corners.
Other Physical Details
Color
Postmark
yes
Postmark Note
Postmarked 1943, Texas,
Transcription
"Howdy! from Deep in the Heart of Texas."
Manuscript Transcription
"Hi Rose: You would sure like Texas. I was a little tired when I got here. I would like it better if it were not to [sic] hot. It sure a nice place [sic] Bertha"
Circulated
circulated
Destination
addressed to Miss Rose Cipoletti, Wellsburg W. VA.
Curatorial Note
Color, divided back, circulated. "Howdy! from Deep in the Heart of Texas." Genuine Curteich, Chicago. "C.T. Art Colortone." Caption on back: "LIBERATOR FROM TEXAS The U.S. Army Air Forces' B-24 bomber from the new $22,000,000 plant of the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation at Fort Worth. Named the "Liberator" by the R.A.F., it is a four-engine, high wing, all-metal monoplane incorporating the new high-speed "Davis" air-foil. With armor plating, self-sealing fuel tanks, a to speed of over 335 m.p.h., a range of 3,000 miles, a bomb capacity of about four tons, and bristling with guns, it is the world's most efficient long range heavy bombing plane." Postmarked 1943, Texas, addressed to Miss Rose Cipoletti, Wellsburg W. VA.: "Hi Rose: You would sure like Texas. I was a little tired when I got here. I would like it better if it were not to [sic] hot. It sure a nice place [sic] Bertha" [3017]
Era
1940s
Material Note
divided back
Online Description
Genuine Curteich, Chicago. "C.T. Art Colortone."
Files
Citation
“Howdy! from Deep in the Heart of Texas (Bound for Tokyo),” ReEnvisioning Japan, accessed January 13, 2025, https://rej.lib.rochester.edu/items/show/12931.