Past Post: Kinnear Park 1906
October 12th, 2007 @ 12:00 am by Cliffe | Sorted Past Post
We’re going way back 101 years for today’s Past Postcard… way back when you weren’t even allowed to write a message on the back of a postcard. You had to scrawl it in the margins — and they say we haven’t made any progress! Well here it is, a beautifully haunting image of Kinnear Park. The park was purchased by the city in 1889 from George Kinnear for one dollar (that’s right, one dolla). Click on the thumbnail for the full size image.
Am getting on fine hope to hear from you soon and wishing you success in your graduation. Yours John.
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| Front: 1032 — Kinnear Park, Seattle, Wash. |
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| Back: Postcard sent May 12, 1906 to Lois Harris in Syracuse, New York. |
October 12th, 2007 @ 8:58 am
I don’t know why I love these old postcards so much but I do. Well done, Cliffe!
October 15th, 2007 @ 3:34 pm
I was at an antique mall recently and bought an old postcard with writing on the front and I wondered why nothing was on the back accept for where it was sent to. I am fairly a newbie at this so now I know why that postcard is the way it is. Thanks, Cliffe! Haha!
Well, I am in suspense here: Did Lois have a successful graduation or did she flunk out at the last minute?
October 16th, 2007 @ 9:49 pm
Indeed. Lois, if you’re reading this — let us know what happened.
Cliffe