Broad Street Fountain, Roger Williams Park, Providence, Rhode Island

Subjects: Children Public Parks & Commons
Card type: Lithograph
Date: c. 1907 (Golden Age)

Back of Broad Street Fountain, Roger Williams Park, Providence, Rhode Island, c. 1907 lithograph postcard — Back

About this subject

A fountain with a statue of a classical figure holding a spout, water spraying upward, in a park setting. Two children, a boy seated and a girl standing, are near the fountain basin; trees and a bench in background.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

arrived here safe and expect to stay [illegible] more one but it had rained here there all [illegible] and this [illegible] yesterday to [illegible] we are going down to [illegible] Johns this [illegible] [illegible] ring to [illegible] this [illegible]

PostmarkedWashington, PA, August 4, 1909

Addressed to

Nettie Crouch

Canonsburg, Pa

Postcard record

Postmarked	August 4, 1909, Washington, PA
Condition	Good
Place addressed	Nettie Crouch, Canonsburg, PA
Place depicted	Roger Williams Park, Providence, RI
Place mentioned	Providence, RI
Publisher	Hugh C. Leighton Co., Portland, ME
Stamp	1c George Washington, green, issued 1909
Notes	White border; printed caption at bottom; surface wear and scratches. Postmark: WASHINGTON PA AUG 4 1909. Divided back; chromolithograph; imprint of Hugh C. Leighton Co., Portland ME, printed in Frankfurt, Germany. Light edge wear.

Cite this card

Broad Street Fountain, Roger Williams Park, Providence, Rhode Island, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/broad-street-fountain-roger-williams-park-providence-rhode-i. Accessed October 5, 2026.