Ottawa History In Postcards

<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> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="18" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="11"><B>   </B><A HREF="id278.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ottawa 1896"><B><IMG SRC="0420b120.png" border=0 width="11" height="18" ALT="next" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></A><B>     </B><A HREF="id214.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Flood of 1898."><B><IMG SRC="04412120.png" border=0 width="18" height="18" ALT="down" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></A><B>  </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ottawa High School Class of 57"><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> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><B>All but one of the Photographic Postcards in this section are from the private collection of Morgan Williams.  The last postcard by J.B. Mulcke is contributed by Cecil Schneider.</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Photographic postcards by Ottawa's W.H. (Dad) Martin can be viewed at the The American Museum of Photography website:</B></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.photographymuseum.com/talltale.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.photographymuseum.com/talltal"><B>Click Here</B></A></div> <bR> </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> <B>Ottawa History In Postcards</B><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id278.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ottawa 1896">Ottawa 1896</A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id176.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ottawa Business">Ottawa Business</A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id91.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Flood of 51">Flood of '51</A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id166.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="50s Memories">50's Memories</A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id114.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lions Band">Lion's Band</A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id205.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Barbershop Chorus">Barbershop Chorus</A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id250.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Christmas Houses">Christmas Houses</A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id181.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ottawa Tornado 1957">Ottawa Tornado 1957</A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id206.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Forest Park">Forest Park</A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id221.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="City Park">City Park</A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id283.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Franklin County Ottawa History">Franklin County & Ottawa History</A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id245.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Oral Histories Of Ottawa">Oral Histories Of Ottawa</A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id284.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Municipal Auditorium">Municipal Auditorium</A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="ottawa_bus_line.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ottawa Bus Line">Ottawa Bus Line</A></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=386 width="100%" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>Ottawa History In Postcards</I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B> <A NAME="the_friendly_city"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>OTTAWA, KANSAS --- The Friendly City</B></div> <div>       Welcomes Shoppers and Tourists</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="496f4370.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="311" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="508" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 35 ><NOBR><div> <I><B>Photograph by J. B. Muecke                                                                                               </B></I><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ><I><B>.</B></I></FONT></div> <div> <I><B>Published as a Photographic Postcard by J. B. Muecke, 1955, Ottawa, Kansas      </B></I></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 48 ><NOBR><bR> <div> No parking meters to feed in Ottawa.  </div> <div> As you can see one can win big when one stops and shops in Ottawa. </div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <I><B> </B></I><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ><I><B>.</B></I></FONT></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> =======================================================================</div> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="morgan_williams_book"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>Morgan Williams Book</B></div> <bR> <div> Mr. Williams is the co-author with Cynthia Elyce Rubin of a book about exaggeration postcards, titled “Larger Than Life: The American Tall-Tale Postcard, 1905-1915” (Abbeville Press, 1990).</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</div> <div> <B>Washington State Postcards</B></div> <div> More of Morgan's postcards can be viewed on the FruitFromWashington.com website.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="477" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER COLSPAN=4 HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> Fruit From Washington - E. Morgan Williams' Special Collection</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="473" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 114 WIDTH="469"><div> E. Morgan Williams Collection of exaggerated postcards and other rare graphic collectibles!<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> Thanks to collector, E. Morgan Williams, we are able to expand our display of historic fruit postcards from the Pacific Northwest. The cards shown here were collected by Mr. Williams over the course of many years. He has granted us use of these fine images for your enjoyment.</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> You can veiw these cards at the following website:</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://fruitfromwashington.com/Varieties/art/williams_cards.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://fruitfromwashington.com/Varieties"><B>http://fruitfromwashington.com/Varieties/art/williams_cards.htm</B></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Other Postcard Collection Link</B></div> <div> E. Morgan Williams' collection of political and other postcards related to Ukraine, Russia and the former Soviet Union at </div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.ArtUkraine.com/postcards/index.htm." TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ArtUkraine.com/postcards/inde"><B><U>http://www.ArtUkraine.com/postcards/index.htm</U></B></A><A HREF="http://www.ArtUkraine.com/postcards/index.htm." 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