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The Frog Pond, Boston Common, Boston, Massachusetts

1906 / Metropolitan News Company

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A colorized photographic postcard of a park with a pond. In the center of the pond is a fountain, and there are people seated on its shore and walking along a tree-lined path. Text on the front reads "The Frog Pond, Boston Common." A handwritten note on the front reads "March the Ninth, 1906. Dear Aunt Clara, This is just to remind you that you both are very often in our thoughts. I can't write any yet. Love, Georgia." The postcard is addressed to Mrs. Henry C. Barnabee, 225 Riverside Drive, New York City, N.Y. and is postmarked March 10, 1906 from Sharon, Massachusetts.

~ Metropolitan News Company, “The Frog Pond, Boston Common, Boston, Massachusetts,” Portsmouth Public Library's Online Archives, accessed December 23, 2024, https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/3862.

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Title

The Frog Pond, Boston Common, Boston, Massachusetts

Subject

Boston (Mass.)

Description

A colorized photographic postcard of a park with a pond. In the center of the pond is a fountain, and there are people seated on its shore and walking along a tree-lined path. Text on the front reads "The Frog Pond, Boston Common." A handwritten note on the front reads "March the Ninth, 1906. Dear Aunt Clara, This is just to remind you that you both are very often in our thoughts. I can't write any yet. Love, Georgia." The postcard is addressed to Mrs. Henry C. Barnabee, 225 Riverside Drive, New York City, N.Y. and is postmarked March 10, 1906 from Sharon, Massachusetts.

Creator

Metropolitan News Company

Source

Henry Clay Barnabee Collection

Publisher

Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections

Date

1906

Format

JPG derived from TIF

Language

eng

Type

StillImage

Identifier

PPL-MS: 1995.1.IX.151