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Postcard 1905 Székesfehérvár Hungary Zichy-liget Park Gazebo RPPC Color
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Pre-linen · 1905

Postcard 1905 Székesfehérvár Hungary Zichy-liget Park Gazebo RPPC Color

Székesfehérvár, Hungary1905Pre-linenGood

A hand-tinted Edwardian gem captures the ornate cast-iron bandstand/gazebo of Zichy-liget (Zichy Grove) in Székesfehérvár, Hungary — one of the historic royal city's beloved public promenades — as a gravel path draws the eye through lush summer foliage toward the filigreed pavilion, its weathervane silhouetted against a clear blue sky. A second close-up view on the same card reveals the extraordinary decorative ironwork: arched bays, latticed railings, foliate friezes, and a domed cupola, all hallmarks of late-19th-century Hungarian civic park architecture. Sent in February 1905 by a writer (first name partially legible as beginning with "A") to Fräulein Midi in Innsbruck, Austria, the message — penned in period German cursive — carries the warmth of an acquaintance catching up across borders, a snapshot of everyday Austro-Hungarian social life just years before empire's end. The Fotochrom L&P process gives the street-scene view its vivid, almost painterly color palette, while the unused dividing line back follows the classic undivided-back transitional format.

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