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Feeding the swans, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, circa 1910

Subjects
BirdsChildrenPublic Parks & Commons
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1915 (White Border)
Front of Feeding the swans, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, circa 1910, c. 1915 lithograph postcard
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About this postcard

A crowd of children and a few adults line the gravel shore of a pond in a wooded park, tossing food to a flock of white swans gathered in the dark water; other strollers, a bicyclist and a bench sitter appear along the path behind. The caption names the scene as Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, then an independent town and later a neighborhood of Boston, home to the ponds of the Emerald Necklace park system laid out by Frederick Law Olmsted. Jamaica Pond, the largest body of fresh water in Boston, was a popular promenade and swan-feeding spot in the early twentieth century.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Molly thinks you would enjoy going to the pond and feed ing the swans, geese and ducks with her. She is hoping to see you be fore the winter comes on and freezes them out With love from cousin Molly

PublisherRobbins Bros.
Feeding the Swans at Jamaica Plain, Mass. --- Post Card FOR CORRESPONDENCE FOR ADDRESS ONLY F. 11193 Pub. by Robbins Bros. Boston, Mass. and Germany.
PostmarkedBoston, MA
Stamp
Addressed to
Charlotte M. Hassett

44 Sparhawk Street, Amesbury, MA

Postcard record

PostmarkedBoston, MA
PublisherRobbins Bros.
ConditionVery good
Place addressedCharlotte M. Hassett, 44 Sparhawk Street, Amesbury, MA
Place depictedJamaica Plain, MA
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, perforated on all sides
NotesThin white border; grainy stippled color lithograph texture; small publisher monogram in lower-left corner. Postmark: BOSTON MASS. SEP 1 9-30 AM / JAMAICA PLAIN (machine cancel); second strike BOSTON, MASS. REC'D SEP 2 1939. Divided-back era, purple rubber stamp "This is the amount for which you sent postage" across the address side, light edge wear and toning.

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Feeding the swans, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, circa 1910, postcard, c. 1915. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/feeding-the-swans-jamaica-plain-massachusetts-circa-1910. Accessed October 24, 2026.