Silhouetted against a jewel-blue California sky, towering queen palms frame the graceful white footbridge at Echo Park Lake in this lushly hand-tinted early linen-era card — a dreamlike vision of the Los Angeles that once marketed itself as a tropical Eden to cold-weary Midwesterners. Echo Park, established in 1891, was one of the city's first public parks and a beloved weekend escape for Angelenos who rowed rented boats beneath the palms and listened to Sunday band concerts on the shore. The M. Kasbower Company of Los Angeles, a relatively scarce regional publisher, produced this card (numbered 8870) with the saturated color and textured stock typical of the transitional period between the photo-precise Edwardian card and the full linen era. The indicia on the back — one cent domestic, two cents foreign, Cuba/Canada/Mexico included — and the "Made in USA" designation help date it to the mid-1910s. Today Echo Park remains one of the most storied neighborhoods in Los Angeles, its lake recently restored after years of controversy, making vintage views like this one especially resonant for local history enthusiasts.