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Jansen Place Entrance Kansas City MO Vintage Postcard Hall Bros c1915 UNPOSTED.Postcard Details
◆ Core Subject: Entrance to Jansen Place, Kansas City, Missouri
◆ Publisher: Published by Hall Bros., Kansas City, MO (Catalog/Serial Number: A-64860 / Series Number: 24)
◆ Text on Card:
• Front: \"Entrance to Jansen Place, Kansas City, Mo.\"
• Back: \"POST CARD | A-64860 | ENTRANCE TO JANSEN PLACE, KANSAS CITY, MO. Jansen Place is one of Kansas City\'s most exclusive residential districts. | ADDRESS ONLY ON THIS SIDE | MADE IN U. S. A. | PUBLISHED BY HALL BROS., KANSAS CITY, MO. | 24 | Place the Stamp here ONE CENT For United States and Island Possessions Cuba Canada and Mexico TWO CENTS For Foreign.\"
◆ Visual Elements:
• Building: Elaborate Classical Revival style stone entryway monuments featuring stone columns, circular pergolas heavily covered in green creeping ivy, and decorative carved stone pillars flanking the sidewalks.
• Traffic: Two early open-top brass era touring automobiles with drivers and passengers navigating the brick or asphalt paved entry curve.
• Details: Lush summer trees framing the estate entrance, clear light blue skies with wispy white cloud gradients, and a soft pink/peach sunset or sunrise horizon glow.
◆ Estimated Era: Divided Back / Early White Border Era (Circa 1915–1920)
◆ Postage Status: Notes
◆ Overall Grading: Excellent Vintage Condition
◆ Surface & Image: Excellent color preservation with crisp, vibrant colorized lithographic tones. The surface is exceptionally clean with no major scuffs, color loss, or silvering.
◆ Edges & Corners: Very clean edges and sharp corner tips showing only minimal, minor storage wear consistent with a century-old paper item.
◆ Reverse Side: The back shows highly uniform cream coloration with faint, age-appropriate paper toning. It is completely clean and free of any handwriting, address marks, postal cancellations, or stray pencil lines.
◆ Defects: None. The card is structural sound and entirely free of creases, pinholes, tears, water stains, or hidden and Handling
◆ Packaging: Shipped securely in a protective plastic sleeve. Reinforced with card stock support inside a white envelope.
◆ Service: Sent via Standard Envelope for Postcards.
◆ Value: Provides a highly affordable, reliable shipping option that includes tracking.
