Automobiles and crowd outside Carrig Land Co., Kearney, Nebraska — Bucher & Son

A busy street scene in Kearney shows many open automobiles decorated with pennants and small American flags surrounded by a large crowd. Along the left stands a rusticated stone-front commercial block; over one doorway a bold sign reads “CARRIG LAND CO.” with “REAL-ESTATE” below. In the window just inside the entry the word “TIMES” appears, and a small sign above the arched window reads “LAND CO.” Utility poles and wires traverse the intersection; a bicycle and the hindquarters of a saddled horse appear at lower right.

Lettering in the negative at the lower left reads, “No. 1, BOOSTER’S LEAVING KEARNEY.” The caption identifies the gathering as boosters leaving Kearney and numbers the view No. 1.

The postcard back carries a vertical imprint, “Made by S. D. BUTCHER & SON, Kearney, Neb.” It was mailed with a green one‑cent Franklin stamp cancelled by a circular date stamp reading “RIVERDALE NEBR / SEP 20 / P.M / 1911,” and addressed to Miss Mary Dunlop, R.F.D. No. 1, Columbus, Nebr. Signed “Maude,” the message says she is in Kearney, reached it at six o’clock the previous night, and then traveled by automobile to Riverdale, where rain kept the party in the house all day.