Advertisement for United National Association of P. O. Clerks (Abilene, Kansas), 1938-05-20

Item

Identifier: MS 014- series MS 014-2- item 712

Staff Only

Dates

Other: 1938-05-20

Extent

From the Class: 10 Cubic Feet

Additional Description

General

Front: Compliments of Branch 1451 United National Ass'n of P.O. Clerks, Abilene, Kansas, 100% U.N A. P. O. C. Office. Abilene, Kansas In Frontier Days "The Wildest Cow-Town In The World" From 1867 to 1871 millions of "Texas Longhorns" were driven hundreds of miles to Abilene, at that time the end of the railway and civilization, for shipment to Eastern markets. Tom Smith - First Marshal of Abilene. Died in action, a martyr to the law. Deserted by aids, he was shot and beheaded by outlaws. "Wild Bill" Hickok - Noted Frontier Scout and Abilene's second marshal. Quick of mind, quicker on the trigger, "he always got his man." The above reproduction was printed on the Abilene Kansas, 20th anniversary of AIR MAIL FLIGHT envelopes

Back: Post Office Clerks, Clay Center, Kansas.

General Postmarked date from Abilene, Kansas