It’s time once again for #FlashbackFriday with the Whitewater Historical Society. This week’s view is a mid-20th century post card featuring greetings from the city. The card can be dated prior to 1959 because the high school shown on the card is the old 1927 high school building (Old Franklin Junior High School) and not the new high school built in 1959 (Whitewater Middle School). Someone who is good at dating cars can enlarge the view and date the car that is in one of the images of the post card for an even more precise date. In the mid-20th century sending post cards was still a popular activity.

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Update 2/27/26 @ 7:45 a.m. – Originally it was indicated that the school building was the Old Lincoln Junior High School, but reader Barb Taylor informed us that it was actually the Franklin Junior High School. It was located on the now-vacant lot at the west end of Center Street. See this previous Whitewater Banner article for further information. Thanks to Barb for this correction.