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Greetings from Arkansas — State Views

Date
Postmarked August 9, 1944
State
Arkansas
Category
Old Arkansas
Publisher
Quapaw Printing Co., Little Rock, Arkansas
Format
Large-letter linen postcard
Reference number
16105

A red sky and a bank of clouds frame oversized ARKANSAS letters filled with small views. Below, a stream winds through a green landscape and a pine branch crosses the corner. Quapaw Printing Company of Little Rock published the card, which bears the Colourpicture imprint.

The reverse gives this statewide souvenir a particular journey. A corporal writing from Camp Joseph T. Robinson sent it from Little Rock to Wells River, Vermont, in August 1944. The Army began rebuilding the old Camp Pike site near North Little Rock in 1940 to train troops. The sender’s brief note about the heat and staying busy offers a glimpse of daily life at the camp during World War II.

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