Towanda

I have long collected Towanda on postcards. The first postcard that I believe was published is credited to the Towanda Businessman’s Association and was undoubtedly like a Chamber of Commerce postcard used as a promo. The golden age of postcards is well represented with the main publishers being Towanda business establishments such as Boyle’s Book Store, H.L. Holcombe, Rubrights and Barney Loewus. Among them, Boyle’s Book Store appears to be the most prolific and probably includes postcards credited only to the national manufacturer such as A.C. Bosselman or Paul C. Koeber.

For all the postcards produced in the divided back and white border eras, Towanda fared far less well in the linen era. The David Wilmot Hotel exists on a linen postcard; the other examples seen being generic postcards where major publishers offered stock designs for insertion of any town’s name in a given spot or on a pennant. Often times they were humor oriented.

Black and white printed postcards produced mainly in the period 1945-1955 exist from publishers such as Whitman’s Phototypes, B.G. Williams, Artvue, Dexter Silvercraft, Wayne Paperbox and Merrimack. While Whitman and Williams are Bradford County publishers that produced and marketed their own postcards, the others are national publisher/printers that produced postcards for local vendors often never identified. Chrome postcards, both regular size and continentals, are mostly not included beyond a commercial entry or two. A checklist for publishers such as Chambers, Joe Kast, Ad-Art-Photo and Pendor Natural Color is in the process of being compiled for listing as soon as possible.

Real photo entries run the gamut from older publishers such as Ferris to more modern postcards by Nelson Caulkins and Frost Studio. A number are also unidentified with no publisher or ownership imprint found on the postcard. I have not included postcards labeled Towanda that are from up and down the Susquehanna in such places as Sheshequin, Wysox, Rummersfield and French Azilum.

While the checklist is a good start for Towanda postcards, it is probably far from complete. Please consider making additions to the checklist from postcards in your own collection. Please also advise corrections or numbers that do not match.

 My known checklist follows.

 

EraPublisherNumberDescription
Private Mailing CardBusiness Men's Assoc.B&W"On The Beautiful Susquehanna"
Private Mailing CardHolcombe, H.L.B&WLooking North From River Bridge
Undivided BackBoyle's Book Store1751Towanda, Pa. from Table Rock
Undivided BackBoyle's Book Store1752High School
Undivided BackBoyle's Book Store53490York Ave., lkg North
Undivided BackBoyle's Book StoreB&WL.V. Railroad Bridge
Undivided BackBoyle's Book StoreB&WMain Street
Undivided BackBoyle's Book StoreB&WView Near Towanda, Pa. (RR Bridge)
Undivided BackBoyle's Book StoreBi-FoldPanorama of Towanda, Pa.
Undivided BackBoyle's Book StoreGreen BackA Glimpse of Towanda From The River
Undivided BackBoyle's Book StoreGreen BackChrist Episcopol Church
Undivided BackBoyle's Book StoreGreen BackL.V. Railroad Bridge
Undivided BackBoyle's Book StoreGreen BackMain Street North From Court House
Undivided BackBoyle's Book StoreGreen BackOn the Susquehanna
Undivided BackBoyle's Book StoreGreen BackPublic Library
Undivided BackBoyle's Book StoreGreen BackRiver Scene Near Towanda
Undivided BackBoyle's Book StoreGreen BackSoldiers Monument
Undivided BackBoyle's Book StoreGreen BackTowanda, Pa. From Table Rock
Undivided BackBoyle's Book StoreIllus PostalNo. 1. Christ Episcopol Church
Undivided BackBoyle's Book StorePCKA Glimpse of Towanda, Pa.
Undivided BackHolcombe, H.L.3524York Ave., South from Huston St.
Undivided BackHolcombe, H.L.3525
Undivided BackHolcombe, H.L.3526
Undivided BackHolcombe, H.L.3527
Undivided BackHolcombe, H.L.3528
Undivided BackHolcombe, H.L.3529
Undivided BackHolcombe, H.L.3530
Undivided BackHolcombe, H.L.3531
Undivided BackHolcombe, H.L.3532York Ave., North from Walnut St.
Undivided BackHolcombe, H.L.3533
Undivided BackHolcombe, H.L.3534York Ave., South from Huston St.
Undivided BackHolcombe, H.L.3535Section of town and River
Undivided BackHolcombe, H.L.3536York Ave., and North Main Sts.
Undivided BackHolcombe, H.L.3537Lake Wesauking
Undivided BackHolcombe, H.L.4672View from Second Street
Undivided BackHolcombe, H.L.4673Public Library Building
Undivided BackHolcombe, H.L.4674Between the Islands
Undivided BackHolcombe, H.L.4675A Nook between the Islands
Undivided BackHolcombe, H.L.4676Upper Section
Undivided BackHolcombe, H.L.4677Susquehanna River at Standing Stone
Undivided BackHolcombe, H.L.7123Soldiers and Sailors Monument
Undivided BackHolcombe, H.L.B&WCove on Lake Wesauking
Undivided BackHolcombe, H.L.B&WHotel Wesauking. Lake Wesauking, Pa.
Undivided BackHolcombe, H.L.B&WTowanda~Main Street North From Bridge
Undivided BackHolcombe, H.L.B&WTowanda~Main Street North From Pine
Undivided BackHolcombe, H.L.B&WTowanda~Main Street South From Lombard
Undivided BackHolcombe, H.L.B&WTowanda~Scene Opposite City
Undivided BackHolcombe, H.L.B&WTowanda~Soldiers and Sailors Monument
Undivided BackHolcombe, H.L.B&WSoldiers and Sailors Monument
Undivided BackHolcombe's China StoreCOLORBenedicts Glen
Undivided BackHolcombe's China StoreCOLORChrist Church Episcopol
Undivided BackHolcombe's China StoreCOLORHigh School Building
Undivided BackHolcombe's China StoreCOLORMethodist Episcopol Church
Undivided BackHolcombe's China StoreCOLORPresbyterian Church and Chapel
Undivided BackHolcombe's China StoreCOLORTable Rock Mountain & Valley, R.R. Curve
Undivided BackHolcombe's China StoreCOLORThird Ward School Building
Undivided BackIllustrated Postal Card4236Court House
Undivided BackIllustrated Postal Card5469Upper Main St.
Undivided BackLoewus, BarneyADVUtopia Yarns
Undivided BackPhiladelphia Post CardNo. 1069The Wagon Bridge at Towanda, Pa.
Undivided BackPhiladelphia Post CardNo. 1071The Railroad Bridge at Towanda, Pa.
Undivided BackPhiladelphia Post CardNo. 1072The Court House at Towanda, Pa.
Undivided BackValentine & Sons200263Towanda from Table Rock
Undivided BackWalker & EverettsB&WMain Street
Divided BackBaker Bros.B&WJames Street Bridge
Divided BackBaker Bros.B&WLehigh Valley Bridge
Divided BackBaker Bros.B&WScene On The East Side
Divided BackBaker Bros.B&WSeneca Silk Mills
Divided BackBaker Bros.B&WSoldiers and Sailors Monument
Divided BackBaker Bros.B&WUpper L.V.R.R. Station
Divided BackBaker Bros.No. 23L.V.R.R. Curve along Susquehanna River
Divided BackBaker Bros.No. 24
Divided BackBaker Bros.No. 25
Divided BackBaker Bros.No. 26Bird's Eye View of Lake Wesauking, Pa.
Divided BackBaker Bros.No. 27
Divided BackBaker Bros.No. 28Entrance to Oak Hill Cemetery
Divided BackBaker Bros.No. 29Soldiers and Sailors Monument
Divided BackBaker Bros.No. 30Corner Main Street and York Ave.
Divided BackBaker Bros.No. 31Lake Wesauking and Pavilion
Divided BackBaker Bros.No. 32Hotel - Lake Wesauking, Pa.
Divided BackBosselman, A.C.5752Table Rock
Divided BackBosselman, A.C.5753Camp Comfort, Susq. River
Divided BackBosselman, A.C.5754Table Rock Mountain
Divided BackBosselman, A.C.5755
Divided BackBosselman, A.C.5756From Table Rock
Divided BackBosselman, A.C.5757Bradford County Court House
Divided BackBosselman, A.C.5758In the Glen
Divided BackBosselman, A.C.6251North Towanda and New L.V.R.R. Bridge
Divided BackBosselman, A.C.8464Bridge St. East From 3rd
Divided BackBosselman, A.C.8465
Divided BackBosselman, A.C.8466New Railroad Bridge
Divided BackBosselman, A.C.8467View From East Towanda
Divided BackBosselman, A.C.8937Old Wagon Bridge, Built 1857
Divided BackBosselman, A.C.8938New L.U. (sic) R.R. Bridge, Built 1906
Divided BackBosselman, A.C.9021L.V. Railroad Station
Divided BackBosselman, A.C.9022Interior of St Peter and Paul Catholic Ch.
Divided BackBoyle, Geo. H.M15342"Bethlehem" S.S. Peter & Paul
Divided BackBoyle's Book Store10346Susquehanna River, near Towanda, Pa.
Divided BackBoyle's Book Store10347Susquehanna River, from Wagon Bridge
Divided BackBoyle's Book Store14117Towanda, Pa. from West End
Divided BackBoyle's Book Store53489On the Susquehanna
Divided BackBoyle's Book Store60838Moonlight
Divided BackBoyle's Book Store66178First Ward School
Divided BackBoyle's Book Store66179High School
Divided BackBoyle's Book Store219230St. Agnes School
Divided BackBoyle's Book Store219231
Divided BackBoyle's Book Store219232
Divided BackBoyle's Book Store219233Presbyterian Church
Divided BackBoyle's Book Store219234Jenning's Farm
Divided BackBoyle's Book Store219235Jenningshurst Farm
Divided BackBoyle's Book Store219236Soldiers and Sailors Monument
Divided BackBoyle's Book Store50-29Methodist Parsonage
Divided BackBoyle's Book Store50-30Main Street, looking North
Divided BackBoyle's Book Store51-73L.V.R.R. Station
Divided BackBoyle's Book Store52-12L.V. Railroad Curve
Divided BackBoyle's Book Store52-13View above Railroad Bridge
Divided BackBoyle's Book Store73-14Old Wagon Bridge
Divided BackBoyle's Book Store73-15Towanda from Table Rock
Divided BackBoyle's Book StoreA-27886Presbyterian Church
Divided BackBoyle's Book StoreALBERTYPEA Glimpse of Towanda From Across The River
Divided BackBoyle's Book StoreALBERTYPEChrist Episcopol Church
Divided BackBoyle's Book StoreALBERTYPECounty Jail
Divided BackBoyle's Book StoreALBERTYPEHale's Opera House - Teachers Institute
Divided BackBoyle's Book StoreALBERTYPELocust Avenue
Divided BackBoyle's Book StoreALBERTYPEMain Street looking South
Divided BackBoyle's Book StoreALBERTYPEOn the Susquehanna
Divided BackBoyle's Book StoreALBERTYPEResidences, Main Street
Divided BackBoyle's Book StoreB&WSoldiers Monument
Divided BackBoyle's Book StoreDuotonePresbyterian Church
Divided BackBoyle's Book StoreDuotonePublic Library
Divided BackBoyle's Book StoreGreen BackNew Wagon Bridge
Divided BackBoyle's Book StoreGreen BackOld Wagon Bridge and Toll House
Divided BackBoyle's Book StoreNo. 2High School
Divided BackBoyle's Book StoreSepiaThird Ward School
Divided BackBoyle's Book StoreUniqueTowanda, Pa. From East Towanda
Divided BackBoyle's Book StoreUniqueTowanda, Pa. 1880
Divided BackBoyle's Book StoreLake Wesauking
Divided BackCommercial Color Card44735County Bridge
Divided BackCommercial Color Card44736Table Rock
Divided BackCommercial Color Card44737Jenningshurst & C.H. Jennings Stock Farms
Divided BackCommercial Color Card45920Universalist Church and Parsonage
Divided BackCommercial Color Card47094Universalist Church and Parsonage - Split
Divided BackDickens Book ShopC 4096First Presbyterian Church and Chapel
Divided BackDickens Book ShopC 4097
Divided BackDickens Book ShopC 4098View of Susquehanna R. at Table Rock Mt.
Divided BackDickens Book ShopC 4102Main St.
Divided BackDickens Book ShopC 4103Center of Town From East Towanda
Divided BackErk, Wm.8224Soldiers and Sailors Monument
Divided BackErk, Wm.10449State Bridge, Masontown
Divided BackErk, Wm.10715James St. Bridge
Divided BackErk, Wm.COLORCounty Jail
Divided BackErk, Wm.COLORM.E. Church
Divided BackErk, Wm.COLORMain St. North from Pine
Divided BackErk, Wm.COLORMain St. South from Bridge
Divided BackErk, Wm.COLORMain St. South from Lombard
Divided BackErk, Wm.COLOROn P.B. & E. R.R. (Powell)
Divided BackErk, Wm.COLORPublic Library
Divided BackErk, Wm.COLORRocky Cut. P.B. & E. R.R.
Divided BackErk, Wm.COLORYork Ave., South From Ann St.
Divided BackFair Publishing House3044Bradford County Agr'l Society, Sept. 1912
Divided BackHolcombe, H.L.7122Public Library Building
Divided BackHolcombe, H.L.7123Soldiers and Sailors Monument
Divided BackHolcombe, H.L.10349Table Rock Mountain & River
Divided BackHolcombe, H.L.1021/ 9High School
Divided BackHolcombe, H.L.1021/10Ward House
Divided BackHolcombe, H.L.B&WTowanda - Scene Opposite City
Divided BackJ.P. Frost's Sons Furn.COLORJ.P. Frost Sons Furniture Manufacturers
Divided BackKoeber, Paul C.8224Soldiers and Sailors Monument
Divided BackKoeber, Paul C.14158L.V. Railroad Station (S&NY Train)
Divided BackLoewus, BarneyCOLORLoewus Department Store
Divided BackLoewus/Baker Bros.K 1
Divided BackLoewus/Baker Bros.K 2
Divided BackLoewus/Baker Bros.K 3
Divided BackLoewus/Baker Bros.K 4
Divided BackLoewus/Baker Bros.K 5Corner Main Street and York Ave.
Divided BackLoewus/Baker Bros.K 6
Divided BackLoewus/Baker Bros.K 7
Divided BackLoewus/Baker Bros.K 8Entrance to Oak Hill Cemetery
Divided BackO'Connor & Dwiggs12307New Bridge, Erected in 1915
Divided BackO'Connor & Dwiggs12308View From James St. Bridge
Divided BackO'Connor & Dwiggs12309Main Street Looking North From Center
Divided BackRubright & SonA-27887Bradford County Court House (Border)
Divided BackRubright & SonA-27888
Divided BackRubright & SonA-27889Susquehanna River
Divided BackRubright & SonA-27890Main Street, South From Lombard
Divided BackRubright & SonA-27891Towanda, Pa. and Old Bridge, erected in 1857
Divided BackRubright & SonA-27892Public Library
Divided BackRubright & SonA-27893Main Street, North From Bridge
Divided BackRubright & SonA-27894Parochial School
Divided BackRubright & SonA-27895Bird's Eye View
Divided BackRubright & SonA-27896Bird's Eye View
Divided BackRubright & SonA-27897Railroad Bridge
Divided BackRubright & SonA-43513Lehigh Valley R.R. Station
Divided BackRubright & SonA-43514Ward House
Divided BackRubright & SonA-43515First National Bank
Divided BackRubright & SonA-43516
Divided BackRubright & SonA-43517
Divided BackRubright & SonA-43518Jenningshurst Stock Farm
Divided BackRubright & SonA-43518Old Covered Bridge. Erected in 1857
Divided BackRubright & SonA-43519Moonlight on the Susquehanna
Divided BackRubright & SonA-43520Main Street looking South
Divided BackRubright & SonA-43521
Divided BackRubright & SonA-43522Main Street looking North
Divided BackTalbott-EndB-3All Aboard for Bradford County Fair, 1911
Divided BackTBGenericThere Is No Place Like Towanda
Divided BackUnidentified1673.1On the Susquehanna
Divided BackUnidentified7121Sisters of Mercy Convent
Divided BackUnidentified8224Soldiers and Sailors Monument
Divided BackUnidentified121317Interior Christ Church (Episcopol)
Divided BackUnidentifiedB&WFirst National Bank
Divided BackUnidentifiedCOLORJ.O. Frost's Sons Furniture Manufacturers
Divided BackUnidentifiedGenericMary…Lamb but in Towanda We Like Goats
Divided BackUnidentifiedGenericSeries 757, No. 15. Scenery Near Towanda
White BorderBoyle's117898-NView of Susquehanna River from the Crest
White BorderBoyle's Book Store67737Bird's-Eye View of North Towanda
White BorderBoyle's Book Store79039Towanda, Pa.
White BorderBoyle's Book Store79416View of Towanda, Pa. From Table Rock
White BorderBoyle's Book Store79417Main Street, Looking South From Court House
White BorderBoyle's Book Store112198View of Lake Wesauking
White BorderBoyle's Book Store117898View of Susquehanna River from the Crest
White BorderBoyle's Book Store1A3348Towanda Country Club
White BorderBoyle's Book StoreA-27886Presbyterian Church
White BorderBoyle's Book StoreA-27887Bradford County Court House
White BorderBoyle's Book StoreA-27888
White BorderBoyle's Book StoreA-27889
White BorderBoyle's Book StoreA-27890
White BorderBoyle's Book StoreA-27891
White BorderBoyle's Book StoreA-27892Public Library
White BorderBoyle's Book StoreA-27893
White BorderBoyle's Book StoreA-27894Parochial School
White BorderBoyle's Book StoreA-27895Catholic Church
White BorderBoyle's Book StoreA-27896Bird's Eye View
White BorderBoyle's Book StoreA-67734Lehigh Valley Station and Black Diamond Exp.
White BorderBoyle's Book StoreA-67735View of County Bridge and Susquehanna
White BorderBoyle's Book StoreA-67736Towanda High School (New)
White BorderBoyle's Book StoreA-67737Bird's Eye View of North Towanda From…..
White BorderBoyle's Book StoreA-86344Lake Wesauking, Looking South
White BorderBoyle's Book StoreA-96869Towanda Bridge Over Susquehanna River
White BorderCruser-Gardner Calendar135232Ramble Inn
White BorderRemsnyder, S.T.136015Masonic Temple
White BorderRubright & SonA-67734Lehigh Valley Station & Black Diamond Exp.
LinenDavid Wilmot Hotel9B-H354David Wilmot Hotel
LinenTichnor Bros.60253Greetings from Towanda, Pa. (Generic) - Cows
LinenTichnor Bros.77094Greetings from Towanda, Pa. (Generic) - Rural
Regular Size ChromeAd/Art Photo Service39290ABCTomahawk Restaurant
Regular Size ChromeChambers PhotographersC-123Stephen Collins Foster School
Regular Size ChromeChambers PhotographersC-143Memorial Hospital
Regular Size ChromeKast, Joe26871-BTowanda Motel and Restaurant
Regular Size ChromeKast, Joe62338-BTowanda Motel and Restaurant
Regular Size ChromeKast, Joe66702-BMemorial Hospital
Regular Size ChromeKast, JoeC-129River Bridge
Regular Size ChromeModern-Ad21390Towanda Motel and Restaurant
Regular Size ChromeWyalusing Rocks Co.C--12086Johnson's Post House: Musical Museum
Black and White PrintedAmerican Sky ViewsB&WCrescent Hill Tourist Cabins
Black and White PrintedArtVueB&WAerial View of Lake Wesauking Lodge
Black and White PrintedArtVueB&WCorner of Lounge, Lake Wesauking Lodge
Black and White PrintedArtVueB&WLake Wesauking Lodge
Black and White PrintedDexter Silvercraft2496View of Susquehanna River
Black and White PrintedDexter Silvercraft2497New Borough Hall
Black and White PrintedDexter Silvercraft5710Bradford County Court House
Black and White PrintedDexter Silvercraft5711U.S. Post Office
Black and White PrintedDexter Silvercraft5712Public Library
Black and White PrintedDexter Silvercraft5713Looking…From Susquehanna River Bridge
Black and White PrintedDexter Silvercraft41461Kuykendall's Tourist Home and Cabins
Black and White PrintedDexter Silvercraft41461Wilson's Tourist Home and Cabins
Black and White PrintedDexter Silvercraft57553Crescent Hill Tourist Cabins
Black and White PrintedFairbanks Card Co.B&WDavid Wilmot Hotel
Black and White PrintedFrost & Thompson41461Wilson's Tourist Home and Cabins
Black and White PrintedMerrimack Picture PCB&WBradford County Court House
Black and White PrintedMerrimack Picture PCB&WCivil War Memorial
Black and White PrintedMerrimack Picture PCB&WMain St.
Black and White PrintedOrchard Park MotelB&WOrchard Park Motel
Black and White PrintedPortland Lithograph1068-ACrystal Springs Motel, U.S. Routes 309 220
Black and White PrintedPublicity BureauB&WThe Amber Lantern. Front View
Black and White PrintedPublicity BureauB&WThe Amber Lantern. Southern View
Black and White PrintedPublicity BureauB&WThe Amber Lantern: Front Hall
Black and White PrintedPublicity BureauB&WThe Amber Lantern: Section of Dining Room
Black and White PrintedUnidentifiedB&WWoodleigh Farms
Black and White PrintedVictorian Guest HouseSKETCHVictorian Guest House
Black and White PrintedWayne Paperbox & PrntgG-613Greyhound Post House
Black and White PrintedWayne Paperbox & PrntgN-308Crescent Hill Tourist Cabins
Black and White PrintedWeldy's Print ShopClavarack Gardens
Black and White PrintedWhitman's PhototypesBridge Across Susquehanna River
Black and White PrintedWhitman's PhototypesCourt House
Black and White PrintedWhitman's PhototypesHotel Kaufman
Black and White PrintedWhitman's PhototypesLake Wesauking
Black and White PrintedWhitman's PhototypesLooking North From Bridge Street Bridge
Black and White PrintedWhitman's PhototypesLooking South From James Street Bridge
Black and White PrintedWhitman's PhototypesMaple Lodge With Closed In Porch
Black and White PrintedWhitman's PhototypesMaple Lodge With Open Porch
Black and White PrintedWhitman's PhototypesMaxwell's Tourist Home
Black and White PrintedWhitman's PhototypesNoth Towanda Inn
Black and White PrintedWhitman's PhototypesRiverside Cemetery - Grave of David Wilmot
Black and White PrintedWhitman's PhototypesTerminal Restaurant
Black and White PrintedWhitman's PhototypesThe David Wilmot Hotel
Black and White PrintedWhitman's PhototypesThe Scovell Tourist Home
Black and White PrintedWhitman's PhototypesView of Towanda, Pa.
Black and White PrintedWhitman's PhototypesYork House
Black and White PrintedWilliams, B.G.FrontVictorian Guest House
Black and White PrintedWilliams, B.G.ObliqueVictorian Guest House
Black and White PrintedWilliams, B.G.ObliqueYork Guest House
Jumbo and Misc. SizeBCHSB&WPanoramic View of Towanda
Real PhotoCaulkins, NelsonWilson's Tourist Home & Cabins
Real PhotoCaulkins, NelsonCourt House
Real PhotoCaulkins, NelsonView From Table Rock
Real PhotoCaulkins, NelsonTowanda From Table Rock
Real PhotoCaulkins, NelsonView From Table Rock
Real PhotoColumbia PC SpecialtiesAZOOch's Hotel
Real PhotoDickens Book ShopLake Wesauking: Drive
Real PhotoDickens Book ShopKRUXOLake Wesauking: Pavilion at Lakeside
Real PhotoDickens Book ShopOld Court House and Public Green in 1861
Real PhotoFerris, C.E.KRUKOJames St. Bridge
Real PhotoFerris, C.E.KRUKOSouth Main Street
Real PhotoFerris, C.E.KRUKOYork Avenue
Real PhotoFrost StudioKODAKThe Voorhis Home
Real PhotoFrost & ThompsonKODAKAir View Looking North
Real PhotoHolcombe, H.L.6050Multi-View - 8 Postcards
Real PhotoUnidentified1st Ward School
Real PhotoUnidentifiedKODAKBradford Co. C.H.
Real PhotoUnidentifiedAZOEpiscopol Church
Real PhotoUnidentifiedLovers Lane. Old Tow Paths
Real PhotoUnidentifiedNew High School Blg. (sic) - May 24, 1916
Real PhotoUnidentifiedR.R. Mercer Residence
Real PhotoUnidentifiedSilk Mill
Real PhotoUnidentifiedSt. Peter & Paul's Church
Real PhotoUnidentifiedUniversalist Church
Real PhotoUnidentifiedKODAKWilson's Tourist Court
Real PhotoUnidentifiedKODAKYork House Inn

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