These souvenir postcards were hugely popular in in the 1940s and 1950s in America. Companies like Curt Teich and Co. made cards representing every state and almost all the towns and cities (more than 10,000) in the country.
I have collected a digital archive of around 2000 Large Letter postcards, but won't be showing all those here. Instead I have chosen interesting examples from across the range of designs and locations represented.
For other examples see parts 1 - 4 also. This is part 5 of a 6 – part post on Large-Letter postcards:
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| Galena, Illinois |
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| Galesburg, Illinois. Curt Teich & Co. |
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| Galesburg, Illinois |
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| Geneva, Illinois. Curt Teich & Co. |
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| Glencoe, Illinois. Curt Teich & Co. |
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| Harvard, Illinois. Curt Teich & Co. |
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| Illinois |
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| Joliet, Illinois. Curt Teich & Co. 1940 |
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| Joliet, Illinos |
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| Kewanee, Illinois. Curt Teich & Co. 1943 |
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| La Grange, Illinois. Curt Teich & Co. |
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| Lake Zurich, Illinois. Curt Teich & Co. |
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| Lewiston, Illinois. Curt Teich & Co. 1943 |
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| Libertyville, Illinois. Curt Teich & Co. |
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| Macomb, Illinois. Curt Teich & Co. 1943 |
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| Marengo, Illinois. Curt Teich & Co. |
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| Maywood, Illinois. Curt Teich & Co. |
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| McHenry, Illinois. Curt Teich & Co. |
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| Metropolis, Illinois. Curt Teich & Co. |
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| Moline, Illinois. Curt Teich & Co. |
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| Mundelein, Illinois. Curt Teich & Co. |
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| Park Ridge, Illinois. Curt Teich & Co. |
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| Pekin, Illinois. Curt Teich & Co. |
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| Peoria, Illinois |
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| Peoria, Illinois. Curt Teich & Co. |
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| Peoria, Illinois |
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| River Forest, Illinois. Curt Teich & Co. |
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| Riverside, Illinois. Curt Teich & Co. |
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| Rock Island, Illinois. Curt Teich & Co. |
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| Rockford, Illinois. Curt Teich & Co. |
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| Rockford, Illinois |
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| Skokie, Illinois. Curt Teich & Co. |
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| Springfield, Illinois. Curt Teich & Co. 1935 |
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| Starved Rock State Park, Illinois |
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| Sterling and Rock Falls, Illinois. Curt Teich & Co. |
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| Vandalia, Illinois. Curt Teich & Co. |
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| Wauconda, Illinois. Curt Teich & Co. |
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| Waukegan, Illinois. Curt Teich & Co. 1946 |
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| Waycross, Georgia. Curt Teich & Co. 1943 |
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| Waycross, Georgia |
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| Willimantic, Connecticut. Curt Teich & Co. 1944 |
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| Wilmetts, Illinois. Curt Teich & Co. |
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| Wilmington, Delaware |
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| Wilmington, Delaware. Curt Teich & Co. 1937 |
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| Winslow Arizona. Curt Teich & Co. 1939 |
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| Woodstock, Illinois. Curt Teich & Co. |
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| Ybar City, Florida |
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| Yosemite, California. Curt Teich & Co. 1939 |
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| Zion, Illinois. Curt Teich & Co. 1951 |
