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WALDHEIM BUILDING Kansas City MO Postcard VTG 1910 AMERICHROME Litho UNPOSTEDItem Details
◆ Core Subject: Waldheim Building, Kansas City, Missouri (11th and Main Streets)
◆ Publisher: Published by The Southwest News Company, Kansas City, MO. Printed in the United States using the Americhrome process (trademark of the American News Company, Leipzig/Berlin/New York). Catalog Serial Number: M18547.
◆ Text on Card:
• Front: \"Waldheim Building, Kansas City, Mo.\" (Also features \"WALDHEIM BLDG\" printed on the roof flagpole banner)
• Back: \"Post Card\" in styled gothic lettering. Text includes stamp box details: \"PLACE STAMP HERE - DOMESTIC ONE CENT - FOREIGN TWO CENTS\" and publisher data.
◆ Visual Elements:
• Building: Features a detailed colorized lithograph of the 16-story Chicago School architectural style Waldheim Building designed by D.H. Burnham & Co. Flanked by surrounding downtown brick storefronts and structures.
• Traffic: Early 20th-century open-top vintage automobiles and various pedestrian figures in period attire walking along the sidewalks at street level.
• Details: Clear daytime blue sky with soft white clouds, storefront window details with red-and-white striped awnings, and an American flag style building banner flown from the roof.
◆ Estimated Era: Divided Back Era (Circa 1910–1915)
◆ Postage Status: Notes
◆ Overall Grading: Very Good Vintage Condition
◆ Surface & Image: Color preservation remains remarkably bright and true to the period. The halftone lithograph dot pattern is crisp, clean, and free of fading.
◆ Edges & Corners: Excellent structural integrity for its age. Subtle, honest corner tip rounding and minor edge rubbing consistent with standard album storage over a century.
◆ Reverse Side: Clean creamy paper stock displaying natural, mild age-toning. No modern ink markings, stray pencil signs, or postmarks.
◆ Defects: None. Free of structural creases, tears, pinholes, or surface and Handling
◆ Packaging: Shipped securely in a protective plastic sleeve. Reinforced with card stock support inside a white envelope.
◆ Service: Sent via Standard Envelope for Postcards.
◆ Value: Provides a highly affordable, reliable shipping option that includes tracking.
