George McCarty calendar postcard, April 1911

Description: A calendar postcard from George McCarty, a Fortville, Indiana businessman, featuring a woman in Edwardian style dress. Sent to Mrs. Wm. Wiseman of Fortville, Indiana. One local historian writes, This is a 1911 advertisement for George McCarty, who sold furniture and carpets and was an undertaker. Most communities had those services combined at the time. Joseph L. Skarenina, Postcard History Series: Hancock County, (Charleston, SC: Acadia Publishing, 2004), 54. Donated by Joseph Skvarenina.
Origin: 1911
Publisher: E. Vernon. The Osborne Co. N.Y.
Source: http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16066coll92/id/2597
Collection: Vernon Township Public Library
Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Copyright: In Copyright
Geography: Fortville, Vernon Township, Hancock, Indiana
Subjects: Postcards
Women
Calendars
Business people
Advertisements
Furniture industry
Undertakers

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