Sent to a Miss Alice in Poolesville, Maryland, and postmarked Washington D.C. around 1909, this richly chromolithographed Pre-linen card presents the New Masonic Temple on New York Avenue in an elevated perspective that also captures a bustling streetcar at the curb — a fleeting document of the capital before the automobile age. The reverse card note, printed by B.S. Reynolds Co., notes the temple "erected at a cost of $500,000…one of the notable architectural adornments of the city." The sender's slanted cursive, crowded into the left message column, conveys warm personal news to "Dear Alice" about a visit to the Loust (?) family and mentions "He Grace" — details tantalizing in their partial legibility. The card shows typical age wear and surface creasing consistent with its 115-year journey.