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Greetings from Salinas, California
- Date
- c. 1940s
- State
- California
- City
- Salinas
- Format
- Postcard
Salinas is set between views of fields, streets, and buildings. The agricultural landscape is as prominent as the built city, making the two parts of the place visible together.
Local businessmen laid out the town in 1867 and persuaded the Southern Pacific to run tracks through Salinas. Rail access and the surrounding farmland helped make Salinas a commercial center, a relationship visible in this postcard’s mix of fields and streets.
Sources
- Original postcard, front and back · Crumb Paper Archive
- Newberry Library · History of large-letter postcards
- History and Heritage - City of Salinas
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