1933 Chicago Road Trip Postcard 851 Miles to Allentown PA 1ct Jefferson Stamp For Sale

Dated August 20, 1983, this postcard captures a detailed travelogue of a road trip originating from Chicago, Illinois, detailing a journey of 851.15 miles to a destination where the sender, Bethy, and her party are staying on cots. The handwritten message, penned in blue ink, notes their arrival at 3:30 Eastern Daylight Saving Time, a trip that included traversing Allentown—likely Allentown, Pennsylvania, in Lehigh County, which is identified as the largest city on their route. The correspondence mentions a dinner of corn and sandwiches, a planned visit to a fair, and anticipates a chicken supper, all while maintaining low expenses. The sender notes that traffic was negligible throughout the journey and that they plan to begin using their film the following day. The message concludes with love and kisses to the recipient and Jean Ellen, signed by Bethy.The verso of this postal card features a green one-cent stamp depicting Thomas Jefferson, which was the standard postage rate for postcards during the early 1930s. The card is postmarked from the South Shore Station in Chicago, Illinois, on August 21, 1933, at 1:30 PM. The address is written to Mrs. Frances Boniface at 12 Olyphant Place in Morristown, New Jersey. The postcard exhibits a uniform yellowish-beige discoloration consistent with age, and the postmark and cancellation are clear and well-defined, with a faint handwritten \"200\" in the bottom left corner. The card is a standard postal card from the Great Depression era, utilizing the one-cent Jefferson stamp and featuring the printed instruction \"THIS SIDE OF CARD FOR ADDRESS\" within a green border.