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Advertising Cover
SALVATION ARMY
Ostend, Belgium to Pacific Palisades, Ca.
~ 1927 ~

Postal cover stationary for The Salvation Army with insignia on back flap. Mailed in 1927 from Ostend, Belgium to Pacific Palisades in West Los Angeles, California.  Charles H. Scott founded Pacific Palisades in 1922, envisioning an elaborate religious-intellectual commune. Believers snapped up choice lots and lived in tents during construction. By 1925, the Palisades had 100 homes. The tents eventually were replaced by cabins, then by bungalows, and ultimately by multimillion-dollar homes.

Postcard was saved by Clifford Clearwater. As newlyweds in 1922, Clifford and Zola Clearwater joined a fledgling community that would become Pacific Palisades CA, living in a tent under Founder's Oak in Temescal Canyon until their house was completed. In fact, their first child was the second child ever born in the Palisades. Clearwater bought the local newspaper The Palisadian in 1934. Although untrained as a journalist (his previous jobs included delivering the mail by horseback as the town's original postal carrier), Clearwater had natural talents that enabled him to serve with distinction as editor, publisher, photographer, and civic leader until his death in 1956.

Envelope Measures 3.5 x 5.75 Inches.
In Good Condition. Please Examine Scans.

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