The Bantam River runs through the Litchfield hills of northwestern Connecticut, shown here as a still stretch of water reflecting wooded banks and low hills. Overhanging branches frame the right foreground, leading the view down the river toward a hazy distant shore. Bantam was a small village in the town of Litchfield, and local river and lake views were common souvenirs in the early 1900s.
Postcard Details
Message · German, in pen
An Fräulein Miss Imhold
Empfangen Sie gefälligst einen Dank
für Ihr schönes Karten
u. Wünschen
wirklich gefallen. Es hat
die schönen Ostern
mitgebracht
Es grüßt Sie herzlichst
R. Fischer
Translation
To Miss Immhold
Please accept a thank you
for your nice card
and wishes
really pleased. It brought
the nice Easter
along
Greets you most heartily
B. Fischer
No white border; color lithographic printing with visible grain. Scattered foxing/staining and light surface wear; scan is rotated 180 degrees.
Postmark: LITCHFIELD CONN. APR 5 1909 8 AM. Divided-back card printed in Germany; light edge wear.
Cite this card
Bantam River with wooded banks, Bantam, CT, 1909, postcard, c. 1909. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/bantam-river-with-wooded-banks-bantam-ct-1909. Accessed November 2, 2026.
