Description: Linen-era greetings card from Crowley, Louisiana, depicting a rural country road lined with large shade trees in autumn color, with crops in the foreground and red barns and farm buildings visible in the background. Crowley is the parish seat of Acadia Parish and is known as the Rice Capital of America. The scene reflects the agricultural character of the region during the 1940s.
Publisher: C. T. & Co. (Curt Teich), card number 7A-H2864, series S-401.
Posted: Posted August 27, 1943, from Thibodaux, Louisiana. Sent by Jewel Ballinger, 1013 Harrison St., Thibodaux, LA, to Mildred Herman (noted on address side as Mildred Piter), Route 2, Seymour, Texas. Message reads: "Hello there! Thanks for the card. Yes, I have a [card] of LeTas. I may be a little late sometimes as school started here today. Come again, Jewel Ballinger."
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