Entrance 1931
| Description: |
Front: Script at top of postcard reads, Entrance to Winona Lake, Warsaw, Ind. -13.Back: Body of message reads, I hope you both are well. We are having a great Bible Conference. About 10,000 attending. I expect to be back to preach on August 30. I hope you all can be present. Best wishes, C. E. Kircher. Addressed to, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Rinedell and family, Saline, Mich. R.F.D. This card is postmarked 1931. The entrance fee to enter the grounds ended in 1930. The parade of cars passing through the former toll booths is quite picturesque. The cards sender Dr. C. E. Kircher said that he would be back in August to preach. Kircher was a Presbyterian minister and evangelist. He states that there were 10,000 people attending the current conference. At its peak Winona Lake welcomed over 250,000 visitors each summer. |
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| Origin: | 1931-08-19 |
| Created By: |
E. C. Kropp Co., Milwaukee |
| Source: |
http://palni.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15705coll8/id/363 |
| Collection: |
Grace College - Winona Lake Postcards |
| Copyright: |
Contact Morgan Library, Winona Lake, IN for copy and usage permissions |
| Geography: |
Winona Lake (Ind.) |
| Subjects: |
Entrance to Winona Lake |
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