A streetcar rounds the corner below the soaring Beaux-Arts bulk of the Knights of Pythias Building in this hand-tinted white-border postcard of downtown Indianapolis — pedestrians in early-century dress dot the sidewalks, horse-drawn vehicles and automobiles share the frame, and the ornate ten-story facade rises in confident Gilded Age authority at the heart of the city. Postmarked April 7, 1929, from Indianapolis, the card traveled to a Mr. John in Girard, Ohio, bearing a chatty message from a visitor apparently weathering a difficult personal moment — mentioning a "very beautiful" place, a dog, and signing off with what reads as an affectionate farewell. The Knights of Pythias Building (also known as the Pythian Building), completed around 1906 at the corner of North Pennsylvania and East Market Streets, was a centerpiece of Indianapolis's early-20th-century commercial skyline. Published by DeWolf News Co. of Indianapolis, this white-border card carries a 2-cent George Washington stamp (Scott #634) with a bold Indianapolis machine cancel and a striking "LET'S GO BY TRAIN" railway promotional slogan cancel — a collector-pleasing combination. The white-border era (roughly 1915–1930) represents a transitional moment in American postcard history, and Indianapolis architectural subjects from this period have a steady regional collector following.