Postmarked envelope with company cachet (kă-shā′) from 1914. Only known example in existence. The o. J. Gude co. Was then the world's largest outdoor advertising firm. A small section of the left side is missing, as evident in the street name "[br]oadway. " the wife wrote in pencil, "drawn by p. M. " however, there is no way to absolutely prove that, as art credit nearly always went solely to gude. The building should not be slanted. Date: The imprinted dark black stripe obscures a portion of the postmark (month included). Readable and unreadable parts follow: "T[imes S]q. Sta. 2 / N.Y. / [Aug] 23 / 7:30 PM / 1914." The Evening Post, Aug 26, 1914 p. 12; The Sun, Aug 26, 1914 p. 8. The inserted month is most likely correct. That's because the addressee was then participating in a Sullivan County tennis tournament. The mixed doubles final was played on Aug 25, 1914. Miss Kingsbury–W. Halsey Wood defeated Mrs. Martin–Edwin P. Fischer, 5–7, 6–3, 6–4..
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