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Postcard 1910 Rockefeller Park Cleveland OH Stepping Stones Figures Prelinen
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Pre-linen · 1910

Postcard 1910 Rockefeller Park Cleveland OH Stepping Stones Figures Prelinen

Cleveland, Ohio, USA1910Pre-linenFair-Good

Four Edwardian figures—two women in long skirts, two men in dark suits—pick their way across stepping stones over a quiet stream at Cleveland's beloved Rockefeller Park, their reflections shimmering in the still water below while dense autumn foliage closes in overhead like a cathedral of leaves. This hand-colored Americrome card, published by the Cleveland News Company and printed in the United States with Leipzig and Berlin production values, captures the park at its leisure-age peak, a green escape donated by John D. Rockefeller to the city in 1897 and beloved by generations of Sunday strollers. On the back, Nina dashes off a warm note to her aunt: baby is well, Walter is minding his store, and she's wondering when the family will come down for a visit—an intimate domestic snapshot tucked inside a scenic souvenir.

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PC-01941 · Americrome / Cleveland News Company
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