Color postcard (14 x 9 cm.) with a view of the southeast corner of 15th and Farnam Streets in Omaha, Nebraska. The five-story building in the foreground housed the offices of both the Missouri Pacific Railway and the Megeath Stationery Company, the latter of which happens to have been the publisher of this postcard. Several horse-drawn carriages are visible. The caption is in the top left 15th & Farnam Sts., Omaha, Nebr. in red type. At the bottom left of the card in a white border is Megeath Stat. Co. Omaha, No. 29.
This street runs east-west and was originally spelled Farnham. It was named in honor of Henry Farnam, Banker of Hartford, CT, one of the promoters of the Rock Island Railroad. Farnam Street was the original main street of Omaha. Source: Brick, H. Ben. The Streets of Omaha: Their Origins and Changes, Omaha: Omaha Public Library, c1997, p. 93.
