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Evening Shadows, Roger Williams Park, Providence, RI, 1910

Subjects
Bridges & DamsLakes & PondsPublic Parks & Commons
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1910 (Golden Age)
Front of Evening Shadows, Roger Williams Park, Providence, RI, 1910, c. 1910 lithograph postcard
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Back of Evening Shadows, Roger Williams Park, Providence, RI, 1910, c. 1910 lithograph postcard
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About this postcard

Still water in Roger Williams Park reflects a small stone-and-iron footbridge, a grassy bank, and a stand of tall evergreens and deciduous trees. A rustic shelter or pavilion sits partly hidden among the trees at right. The scene is titled "Evening Shadows," a mood suited to the shaded promenades and quiet ponds of a Victorian city park. Roger Williams Park was laid out in the 1870s on land donated by the family of Providence's founder and became one of the city's principal pleasure grounds, with lakes, bridges, and winding carriage drives.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Providence R.I. Dear J. J. Larson recd your card friends you have from [illegible]. it makes one difference what they are. as we have very few from there E. J. Fellows [illegible]

PublisherThe Hugh C. Leighton Co.
Providence, R. I. Roger Williams Park. Evening Shadows.
PostmarkedProvidence, RI, July 24, 1910, 22:30
Stamp
Addressed to
Mr. L. J. Larson

Wabung.

FromProvidence, RI

Postcard record

Postmarked, Providence, RI
PublisherThe Hugh C. Leighton Co.
ConditionGood
Place addressedMr. L. J. Larson, Wabung.
Place depictedRoger Williams Park, Providence, RI
PublisherThe Hugh C. Leighton Co., Portland, ME
Place sent fromProvidence, RI
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.

Cite this card

Evening Shadows, Roger Williams Park, Providence, RI, 1910, postcard, c. 1910. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/evening-shadows-roger-williams-park-providence-ri-1910. Accessed November 2, 2026.