LOCATION: FORRESTON, ILLINOIS
AGE: circa 1950s
POSTCARD SUBJECT: SAUERKRAUT DAY PARADE. This SCARCE postcard offers a polychrome view of a float in the Sauerkraut Day Parade! This image appears to date to around the 1950s. A nice addition to your vintage postcard collection!
ILLUSTRATION [printed on back]: “SAUERKRAUT DAY PARADE in Forreston, Illinois. The Queen with her Court of Honor are chosen from the Seniors of the Forreston High School. Sauerkraut Day, proclaimed the world’s largest free meal, annually attracts about 35,000 visitors for the typically German feast of Sauerkraut and wieners.”
CONDITION: VERY GOOD. Postally used postcard view. Normal corner wear. No rips, tears, age toning or foxing.
PHOTOGRAPHER: Ektachrome by H. Bruckner
MANUFACTURER: Dexter Press
PUBLISHER: Rockford Photo Service, Rockford, IL
SERIES / NUMBER: 298-D-82 / 58190
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SENDER: N/A
SHIPPING: FIRST CLAÒSS SHIPPING w/in U.S. (includes a hard plastic holder for protection in shipping.) INTERNATIONAL AIRMAIL. Thanks for looking, and have a blessed day.