Standing proud in its Federal red-brick dignity, the U.S. Post Office in Portland, Maine anchors this vivid linen postcard from the early 1950s — its broad lawn dotted with period automobiles in cherry red, navy, and canary yellow that date the scene as precisely as a calendar. Sent June 26, 1953, by a woman named Marie to her friend Ella in St. Louis, Missouri, the note is a charming postcard-lover's exchange: "You were kind enough to send me a card from Portland, Ore. — so here is one from Portland, Maine." The machine cancel slogan "HIRE THE HANDICAPPED — IT'S GOOD BUSINESS," a postwar employment campaign of the era, frames the 2-cent Adams stamp. Published in Boston, this card captures a now-demolished or significantly altered federal building in its midcentury prime, making it of interest to both Maine topographical and postal architecture collectors.