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Driveway in Franklin Park, Columbus, Ohio, circa 1910

Subjects
AutomobilesPublic Parks & Commons
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1915 (White Border)
Front of Driveway in Franklin Park, Columbus, Ohio, circa 1910, c. 1915 lithograph postcard
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Back of Driveway in Franklin Park, Columbus, Ohio, circa 1910, c. 1915 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 building on the rise behind. Franklin Park, laid out in the 1850s east of downtown Columbus, was long the city's principal pleasure ground, and the conservatory visible in the distance is the Franklin Park Conservatory, a glasshouse in the tradition of the great Victorian palm houses. The scene captures 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

PublisherC. Leighton Co.
Columbus, Ohio, Driveway - Franklin Park. --- Post Card THIS SIDE MAY BE USED FOR CORRESPONDENCE. THIS SPACE FOR ADDRESS ONLY. THROUGH C. LEIGHTON CO., MANUFACTURERS, PORTLAND, ME. U.S.A. PRINTED IN FRANKFURT o/MAIN, GERMANY 1299.
PostmarkedOH
Stamp
Addressed to
Clara Shomaker

Somerset, PA

Postcard record

PostmarkedOH
PublisherC. Leighton Co.
ConditionGood
Place addressedClara Shomaker, Somerset, PA
Place depictedFranklin Park, Columbus, OH
PublisherC. Leighton Co., Portland, ME
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1902
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 "THROUGH C. LEIGHTON CO., MANUFACTURERS, PORTLAND, ME. U.S.A. PRINTED IN FRANKFURT o/MAIN, GERMANY 1299"; year in postmark not legible. Wear at corners, light creasing and edge nicks.

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Driveway in Franklin Park, Columbus, Ohio, circa 1910, postcard, c. 1915. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/driveway-in-franklin-park-columbus-ohio-circa-1910. Accessed October 24, 2026.