An Autumn Evening, river landscape, Detroit, MI, 1906

About this postcard

A large, leafy tree stands in the left foreground, casting dark shadows over a grassy bank. A broad, still river or lake reflects a glowing orange and pink sunset, with a low tree line along the far shore. The image is a painterly autumn landscape rather than a view of an identifiable place, the kind of mood subject that Chicago publishers such as V. O. Hammon issued in the early 1900s. The sender writes of going to the theater to see "Chilee" and calls Adirondack "very good," a small piece of ordinary correspondence from the period.