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Electric Fountain in Reservoir Park, Fort Wayne, Indiana, circa 1940

Subject
Public Parks & Commons
Card type
Linen
Date
c. 1930 (White Border)
Front of Electric Fountain in Reservoir Park, Fort Wayne, Indiana, circa 1940, c. 1930 linen postcard
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Back of Electric Fountain in Reservoir Park, Fort Wayne, Indiana, circa 1940, c. 1930 linen postcard
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A night view of the illuminated "electric fountain" in Reservoir Park, Fort Wayne, Indiana, its jets lit in bands of red, yellow, green and blue and mirrored in the still basin below. A low red brick building with a lit colonnade stands at the left, with trees, a hillside and a full moon behind. Reservoir Park was laid out around the city's waterworks reservoir in the late nineteenth century and its colored-light fountain was a popular local attraction and postcard subject in the early twentieth century.

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PublisherWayne Calendar and Novelty Co.
Electric Fountain in Reservoir Park, Fort Wayne, Indiana --- This fountain is equipped to throw water twenty-five feet into the air. The color effects are secured by a battery of thirty vari-colored floodlights. This fountain was donated to the city of Fort Wayne by the General Electric Company. A-2443 Published by Wayne Calendar and Novelty Co., Ft. Wayne, Ind. POST CARD PLACE STAMP HERE
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PublisherWayne Calendar and Novelty Co.
ConditionVery good
Place depictedReservoir Park, Fort Wayne, IN
PublisherWayne Calendar and Novelty Co., Fort Wayne, IN
NotesLinen-textured stock with a thin white border; slight wear at the corners. No postmark. Divided-back linen-texture card, ca. 1930s–1940s; heavy foxing/brown staining across the back, no handwriting.

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Electric Fountain in Reservoir Park, Fort Wayne, Indiana, circa 1940, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/electric-fountain-in-reservoir-park-fort-wayne-indiana-circa-1930. Accessed October 24, 2026.