Dramatically illuminated against an ink-black Ohio sky, the 352-foot Doric column of Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial blazes white in this atmospheric 1940 linen-era night view from Put-In-Bay, South Bass Island — the light at its crown glowing amber like a distant ember, its reflection shimmering across Lake Erie's calm waters below. Built to commemorate Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry's decisive 1813 Battle of Lake Erie, the monument was dedicated in 1915 and remains one of the tallest monumental columns in the world. This card was mailed on August 15, 1940, postmarked at Sandusky, Ohio, with a Cedar Point Station machine cancel — a detail that ties it neatly to the vacationing culture of that Lake Erie resort corridor. The sender (Walter) dashed off a note in hurried cursive, addressed to a recipient at 601 19th St. in what appears to be a Pennsylvania city.