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Evening Shadows, Roger Williams Park, Providence, Rhode Island, circa 1910

Subjects
Bridges & DamsLakes & PondsPublic Parks & Commons
Card type
Lithograph
Date
Postmarked July 24, 1910 (Golden Age)
Front of Evening Shadows, Roger Williams Park, Providence, Rhode Island, circa 1910, 1910 lithograph postcard
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Back of Evening Shadows, Roger Williams Park, Providence, Rhode Island, circa 1910, 1910 lithograph postcard
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About this postcard

A quiet pond in Roger Williams Park reflects a small stone-and-iron footbridge, a grassy bank, and a stand of tall evergreens and deciduous trees, with a rustic shelter or pavilion partly hidden among the trees at right; the card titles the scene "Evening Shadows." Roger Williams Park, laid out in the 1870s on land donated by the family of Providence's founder, became one of the city's principal Victorian pleasure grounds, with lakes, bridges, and winding carriage drives. The view is typical of early twentieth-century park scenery postcards that celebrated shaded promenades and still water.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Providence R.I. Dear [illegible] I [illegible] from received your card from [illegible] [illegible] are different what they are so in some way [illegible] From [illegible]

PublisherThe Hugh C. Leighton Co.
Providence, R. I. Roger Williams Park. Evening Shadows. --- POST CARD MESSAGE MAY BE WRITTEN ON THIS SIDE. ADDRESS ONLY ON THIS SIDE. QUALITY THE HUGH C. LEIGHTON CO. MANUFACTURERS, PORTLAND, ME. U.S.A. 1136
PostmarkedProvidence, RI, July 24, 1910, 22:30
Stamp
Addressed to
L. J. Larson

Wabanung, Mifflin

FromProvidence, R.I.

Postcard record

Postmarked, Providence, RI
PublisherThe Hugh C. Leighton Co.
ConditionGood
Place addressedL. J. Larson, Wabanung, Mifflin
Place depictedRoger Williams Park, Providence, RI
PublisherHugh C. Leighton Co., Portland, ME
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, perforated on all sides
NotesColour lithograph with visible halftone dot texture; no white border; light edge and corner wear, small crease at upper right. Postmark: PROVIDENCE R.I. JUL 24 10:30 PM 1910. Divided-back private postcard (Hugh C. Leighton Co., Portland ME), 1¢ Washington stamp. Light edge wear.

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Evening Shadows, Roger Williams Park, Providence, Rhode Island, circa 1910, postcard, n.d.. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/evening-shadows-roger-williams-park-providence-rhode-island. Accessed October 25, 2026.