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Home > Publications > Historical Notecards & Postcards > Pekin – “Townsite” Postcard

Pekin – “Townsite” Postcard

Pekin Townsite Postcard

Reproduction.  About 5.5 x 3.5, photostock

 

Border added for image to stand out on page – not on the actual postcard

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SKU: PC-28 Category: Historical Notecards & Postcards Tags: Illinois River, Pekin

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Pekin “Townsite”

Depicts 1824 view of the future Pekin “Townsite” from the Illinois River.  Located at the foot of present day Broadway Street.

At the left  is a Pottawatomie native american village – at the right, is first settler  Jacob Tharp’s cabin.

Photograph of a painting is of unknown origin – also referred to as “Pekin on a Hill”

Reproduction. Approximately 5.5 x 3.5, photostock

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