According to this 1930s-era postcard, American International College in Springfield, Massachusetts, a private, four-year coeducational school, was first established in Lowell, Mass., in 1885 under the name of French Protestant College. It moved to Springfield three years later in 1888 and afterward took the current name. A striking feature of the college is the Georgian Colonial red brick buildings. The postcard was published by the Springfield News Company and printed by Tichnor Bros. in Boston.
Below, in a postcard from a similar era, but postmarked 1950, shows the library in the top photo, and the D.A.R. building and Owen Street Hall on the bottom. The postcard was published by Bonneville Card & Paper in Springfield and printed by Curteich in Chicago.
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Comedy and Tragedy on the Mountain: 70 Years of Summer Theatre on Mt. Tom, Holyoke, Massachusetts;
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