Corning IA Post Office
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“In September 1937, the Adams County Free Press reported Corning was one of nine towns in the state to receive funds for a new Post Office building as part of a ‘seventy million dollar emergency construction fund authorized by Congress’ as part of the Works Project Administration. Postmaster A. C. Peterson received information from the United States Treasury on how to proceed in plans for the Post Office, which would be opened for bidding October 4 that year.
“The contract was awarded to the Church Company in Kansas City, and construction on the $75,000 building began in early 1938. Prior to its opening, a Free Press reporter highlighted key interior features in the new building, including Tennessee granite in the lobby, red birch woodwork, service windows titled in gold leaf outlined in black, and bronze lighting fixtures. The new Corning Post Office was officially dedicated June 15, 1938.” (iowabackroads.com)
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Originally posted in the New Deal Art Registry: https://www.newdealartregistry.org/ https://iowabackroads.com/post-office-50841-corning-iowa/ https://www.savethepostoffice.com/node/9867
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I was curious about how a postcard dated March 11, 1918 from Corning, IA would’ve been delivered to the Hermitage Hotel in Nashville, TN. The stamp on the vintage postcard isn’t franked with an airplane stamp. The postcard was found in a thrift shop and sold with other cards in a bundle. The Hermitage Hotel is an opulent building in downtown Nashville.
Thank you,
Nancy Bustle