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Driveway, Franklin Park, Columbus, OH, circa 1907

Subjects
AutomobilesPublic Parks & Commons
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1907 (Golden Age)
Front of Driveway, Franklin Park, Columbus, OH, circa 1907, c. 1907 lithograph postcard
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Back of Driveway, Franklin Park, Columbus, OH, circa 1907, c. 1907 lithograph postcard
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About this postcard

A broad, pale driveway curves through the lawns and mature shade trees of Franklin Park, with an open touring automobile carrying two people toward the viewer and a long, glass-roofed conservatory on the rise behind. Franklin Park is one of Columbus's oldest parks, laid out east of downtown in the 1850s. The conservatory in the distance is the Franklin Park Conservatory, a glasshouse built in the 1890s in the tradition of Victorian palm houses. The scene catches the early motoring era, when automobiles began sharing park drives with carriages.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Dear Clara - I have been wondering how Somerset is getting along, don't hear much from there this year. We are getting along fine and like it all right. - I am quite busy. Remember me to the girls. Has Bertha gotten well enough to teach yet. Lovingly, Ella,

PublisherThe Hugh C. Leighton Co.
Columbus, Ohio, Driveway - Franklin Park.
PostmarkedW. LATERVILLE, OH
Stamp
Addressed to
Clara Shomaker

Somerset, PA

Postcard record

PostmarkedW. LATERVILLE, OH
PublisherThe Hugh C. Leighton Co.
ConditionGood
Place addressedClara Shomaker, Somerset, PA
Place depictedFranklin Park, Columbus, OH
PublisherThe Hugh C. Leighton Co., Portland, ME
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1902, perforated vertical sides only
NotesWide white border at right; faint offset postmark impression in the lower center; light corner and edge wear. Postmark: [illegible]M OHIO OCT 21 10 30A — divided-back "Post Card" with green heading; imprint "THE HUGH C. LEIGHTON CO., MANUFACTURERS, PORTLAND, ME., U.S.A. PRINTED IN FRANKFORT a.M., GERMANY. 1299"; year in postmark not legible. Wear at corners, light creasing and edge nicks.

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Driveway, Franklin Park, Columbus, OH, circa 1907, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/driveway-franklin-park-columbus-oh-circa-1907. Accessed November 2, 2026.