Terre Haute Postcards

More postcards from my collection...

Hacienda Restaurant & Motel

This unused postcard has the printed text...

94031
Genuine Natural Color
Made by Dexter Press, Inc., West Nyack, N.Y.

"Hacienda Restaurant & Motel"
Delightfully Air Conditioned Throughout
Offering Restful & Comfortable Rooms, Delicious and Tasteful Food, Central Hot Water Heat.
Located 8 Miles South of Terre Haute, Ind. on U.S. 41.
Phone - Restaurant W 1015 R.R. #3
Motel W 1883 Terre Haute, Ind.
"Free TV in Rooms"

Dare Devil Johnny Reynolds
The Original Human Fly
The boy who flirts with death
Hayden, Terre Haute

This postcard has the printed stamp box...

According to Playle's postcard site this stamp box was in use from 1905 to 1920.

The back of the card also has the hand-written text...

He climbed First National Bank and Elk's Building. July 14, 1928, during Fireman's Carnival.
Sunbury P.A.

I do not know who Hayden, Terre Haute was.

"Human Fly's" such as John Reynolds were seen scaling building in many cities during from around 1900 to the 1920's. A series of accidents which led to the death of some of these performers in 1923 and 1924 led many cities to pass ordinances prohibiting the scaling of buildings.

Herz Building

This postcard, stamped in Terre Haute on September 13th, 1909, has the printed text...

No. D3967
Published by the Indiana News Company, Indianapolis, Ind.
Dresden - Leipzig - Berlin
Made in Germany
Leipzig - Berlin - Dresden
ANC NY Litho-Chrome Trade Mark

Herz Building

This unused postcard has the printed text...

Published by A. Herz, Terre Haute, Ind.

I have another copy of this postcard stamped in Bloomington, Indiana on March 22nd, 1910

Designed by W. Homer Floyd and built by William Riley McKeen in 1906-07, this building was constructed for Adolph Herz (1843 - 1917) at 646-652 Wabash Avenue. It was a five-storey building faced with enameled brick and had three elevators and a mezzanine. Next to the store was the brick three-storey Pennsylvania Railroad ticket and freight office which became the Herz annex in 1915.

Adolph Herz was a well-respected businessman and civic leader who had been in business in Terre Haute since 1869. On his death, his brother, Milton, succeeded him as manager. In 1946, the store was sold to the Alden Department Store chain and became the Alden-Herz Store. The building was demolished in the spring of 1971.

This page created 25th February 2008, last modified 17th August 2008