Vintage Pennsylvania Turnpike Downingtown PA Photochrome Postcard 5.5x3.5 In

Vintage Pennsylvania Turnpike Downingtown PA Photochrome Postcard 5.5x3.5 In

Used: Light corner and edge wear with slight rounding and light surface scuffing; faint horizontal gloss scuff across the center of the front image. Back is unposted with no writing or postal markings; small handling spot at lower-center; small dark spot on front left.

Approx. Measurements, see images.

Vintage color photochrome postcard featuring the Pennsylvania Turnpike near Downingtown, PA with an overpass view of the divided highway and surrounding farmland.

Front view shows the highway from an overpass with a bus on the left lane, grassy median, roadside trees and open fields; glossy finish and standard postcard proportions.

Front/back caption: PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE "World's Greatest Highway"; PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE NEAR DOWNING-TOWN, PA. Color photo by Herbert Lanks. Back printing includes: NATURAL COLOR FROM KODACHROME; A MIKE ROBERTS COLOR PRODUCTION, BERKELEY 2, CALIF.; Howard Johnson Publishing Department, Bedford, Pa.; printed number C6081.

Type: Printed (Lithograph). Original. Size: Standard (5.5 x 3.5 in). Material: Cardboard. Features: Divided Back. Era: Photochrome (1939-Now). Subject: Pennsylvania Turnpike near Downingtown, PA. City: Downingtown; Region: Pennsylvania; Country of Origin: United States; Continent: North America; Unit of Sale: Single Unit; Number of Items in Set: 1; Time Period Manufactured: 1950-1959; Postage Condition: Unposted. Brand/Publisher: Howard Johnson Publishing Department. No UPC/EAN present; see photos for exact details and design elements.

Light corner and edge wear with slight rounding and light surface scuffing; faint horizontal gloss scuff across the center of the front image. Back is unposted with no writing or postal markings; small handling spot at lower-center; small dark spot on front left.