Ottawa Transfer Storage

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=200 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="03fc8c00dkelyh.png"> <div> <B> </B></div> <div> <A HREF="id213.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Baseball Team"><B><IMG SRC="0410b120.png" border=0 width="11" height="18" ALT="previous" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></A><B>   </B><A HREF="id215.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ottawa Condensing "><B><IMG SRC="0420b120.png" border=0 width="11" height="18" ALT="next" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></A><B>     </B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="18" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="18"><B>  </B><A HREF="id211.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ottawa History In Postcards"><B><IMG SRC="04312120.png" border=0 width="18" height="18" ALT="up" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></A></div> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="77" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 30 WIDTH="71"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="30" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="71" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>We're not exactly sure when this postcard was issued.  If anyone has any clues about the truck and the dates please contact </B><A HREF="id27.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><B>Morgan Williams</B></A><B>.</B></div> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=94 BGCOLOR="#FF3300" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0403c5e1dvmwlb.png"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>Ottawa High School Class of '57</B></FONT><B>     |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ottawa High School Class of 57"><B>home</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id214.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Flood of 1898.">Flood of 1898.</A>   |   <A HREF="id213.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Baseball Team">Baseball Team</A>   |   <B>Ottawa Transfer Storage </B>   |   <A HREF="id215.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ottawa Condensing ">Ottawa Condensing </A>   |   <A HREF="id222.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Rohrbaugh Theater">Rohrbaugh Theater</A>   |   <A HREF="id223.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="West Begins in Kansas">West Begins in Kansas</A>   |   <A HREF="id224.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Santa Fe Depot">Santa Fe Depot</A>   |   <A HREF="id225.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Santa Fe Railway">Santa Fe Railway</A>   |   <A HREF="id226.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Princeton Santa Fe Depot">Princeton Santa Fe Depot</A>   |   <A HREF="id253.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Fishing In Ottawa">Fishing In Ottawa</A></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=386 width="100%" colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>Ottawa Transfer Storage </I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Ottawa Transfer Storage Company</B></div> <div>        101 North Main, Ottawa, Kansas</div> <div> <IMG SRC="48c3c640.jpg" border=0 width="572" height="356" ALT="Ottawa Transfer Storage Company" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>  <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>From Photographic Postcard in private collection of Morgan Williams                                                                       </B></I></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>   .</B></I></FONT></div> <bR> <div> This is a photo advertising postcard published by the Carter Equipment Company, 1718 Wabash, Kansas City, MO.  The postcard has a standard back and has not been used.  There is no writing or printing on the backside except for what is on a normal postcard back.</div> <bR> <div> The postcard features a photograph of a freight truck owned by the OTTAWA Transfer Storage Company, 101 North Main in Ottawa. The company also had a terminal in Kansas City at 1811 Wyandotte.  The side of the truck says "FAST FREIGHT SERVICE."</div> <bR> <div> The Carter Equipment Company sold the Ottawa Transfer Storage Company an ALL STEEL FREIGHT BODY and FRUEHAUF SEMITRAILER with a payload capacity in Kansas of 27,000 lbs. and in Missouri of 22,000 lbs. </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id211.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ottawa History In Postcards"><I><B>Return</B></I></A></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>