Flooded street after rainstorm, Ionia, Michigan
View of a man and several barefoot children walking on an unidentified street in Ionia, Michigan after a rainstorm. Street is flooded; mailbox in foreground. Car and commercial buildings in background. Handwritten on front: "Ionia, Aug. 4, '09." Handwritten on back: "Aug. 7, '09. Dear Annie, And what is the matter with Canada? and Annie and all the rest. Don't hear a single word from you there any more. Hope you are all as well as we. Darwin Post has the misfortune to break his collarbone this summer in a [undecipherable]. Grandma is feeling quite well again. We had a big rain here last Wed. and a cloudburst in Ionia. Kept things pretty lively I guess. Please write Annie and tell us all the news, etc. Lina." Card is postmarked August 7, 1909.
- Resource ID:
- bh014803
- Subject:
- Streets--Michigan--Ionia
- Commercial buildings--Michigan--Ionia
- Floods--Michigan--Ionia
- Children--Michigan--Ionia
- Automobiles--Michigan--Ionia
- Photographic prints
- Postcards
- Date:
- 1909-08-04
- Format:
- 1 postcard ; 3.5 x 5.5 in.
- Department:
- Burton Historical Collection
- Location:
- M/Localities-Ionia
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.