Bursting with civic pride in bold red script, this classic large-letter linen postcard sends greetings from St. Louis, Missouri — ten numbered vignettes fanning across the front like a shuffled deck of snapshots: the Civil Courts Building, Shaw's Garden, bear pits in Forest Park, Union Station, the Municipal Auditorium, and the riverboat Admiral on the Mississippi, among others. Postmarked August 14, 1942 — the height of World War II — the back carries a striking "Buy Defense Savings Bonds and Stamps" machine slogan cancel, a vivid artifact of the home-front mobilization. A traveler named Fred sent warm greetings to Mrs. Lena in Port Huron, Michigan, noting a visit with "Ireland" that day.