Camrose Alberta - Lutheran College Building Augustana University - Langbell RPPC Postcard SP24

Scene Details:

• Real photo postcard (RPPC) of the College building, Camrose, Alberta, Canada, c.1913
• Large three-storey wood-frame institutional building with clapboard siding; central projecting entrance bay with decorative portico, double curved staircase, and columned porch
• Dormer windows on the roofline; small cupola with finial at peak; symmetrical secondary wings on each side with their own entrance porches
• Open cleared grounds with no mature landscaping; small outbuilding visible at far left
• Handwritten caption in lower front margin (partially legible): "Came Rose + College" or similar
• Published by C.L. Langbell, Camrose, Alta. (printed on back)
• Used divided back with handwritten correspondence

Postal Markings:

• One 1¢ King George V green Canada postage stamp affixed upper right
• Camrose, Alberta circular date cancellation postmark: Jun 29, 1913
• Saint Ansgar, Minnesota (USA) arrival postmark: Jun 10, 1913
• Addressed to: Miss Agnes Ackerson, St. Ansgar / W.S. Comorant, Minn. (with address correction noted)
• "REPAIED" (Repaid) notation visible
• Handwritten correspondence on left side of divided back

This card has a small crease at the bottom left corner edge. Please zoom into and look closely at the front and back photos to view condition, and feel free to send me a message if you have any questions. Thank you, D