A sepia-toned view of an enclosed courtyard garden, with a tiered stone fountain and a small statue at its center, surrounded by dense palms, ferns and flowering plants. Behind the planting runs a colonnade with a balustraded terrace, and a light-colored building with a balcony rises at the right.
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pen
(3.)
Philosophy is already
started. — corner of
Los Feliz Blvd and
Griffith Blvd near
Griffith Park. Plan-
etarium is finished
and attracts hundreds.
Santa Monica
seems on the
verge of a boom.
All lots and
Apt. houses
filled, prices
going up all
the time.
Many new shops
downtown.
I am pretty fine
and would like to
hear from you.
affectionately, Sara E. Dobree
White border around a sepia-toned photographic image; no printed text or handwriting on the front.
No postmark or stamp — unmailed real-photo card. Imprint: Huntington Library and Art Gallery, San Marino, California; printed by B. Matthews, Bradford, England. Message mentions Griffith Park Planetarium (opened 1935) and a Santa Monica boom, dating the card to the mid-1930s. White border, glossy real photo.
Cite this card
Courtyard garden, Huntington Library and Art Gallery, San Marino, California, postcard, c. 1915. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/courtyard-garden-huntington-library-and-art-gallery-san-mari. Accessed October 5, 2026.
