Looking down Main Street. State Center was named for its location near the state's midpoint and is called the Rose Capital of Iowa. Title supplied by cataloger. 1912 postmark. Number 11.
Looking northwest at various businesses from Foster Street down Garfield Avenue. Farnhamville was platted in 1881 under the name Farnham, named in honor of R. E. Farnham, a railroad official. Postal authorities refused to accept the name Farnham, so town was renamed Farnhamville when the post office opened later in 1881.Farnhamville was incorporated as a city in 1892. 1912 postmark.