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Fireplace in Alpine Tavern, Mount Lowe, CA, 1909

Subjects
InteriorsRailroads & TrainsRestaurants & Taverns
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1909 (Golden Age)
Front of Fireplace in Alpine Tavern, Mount Lowe, CA, 1909, c. 1909 lithograph postcard
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Back of Fireplace in Alpine Tavern, Mount Lowe, CA, 1909, c. 1909 lithograph postcard
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About this postcard

The interior of Alpine Tavern centers on a massive rough-stone fireplace, with a copper kettle hanging over a burning fire. Wooden rocking chairs are drawn up on either side, a straw hat rests on one chair, and a patterned rug covers the floor before the hearth. Alpine Tavern was a mountain resort stop on the Mount Lowe Division of the Pacific Electric Railway, a scenic line that carried visitors from Los Angeles into the San Gabriel Mountains. The sender's note about snow that winter and swings between cold and warm weather fits the resort's mountain setting.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Dear Ida, [illegible] has been here since [illegible] Playing Solitary we had to take most of my meals out but if was going to stay [illegible] keep house for [illegible] life I wrote you last [illegible] am getting very tired & cold & [illegible] glad to get home it is cold & raw here to day feel it worse than at home I mean to go to Upland [illegible] week if I can then the 15 [illegible] home if the weather is not [illegible] it is will write soon after [illegible]

PublisherNewman Post Card Co.
Fire Place Alpine Tavern, Mt. Lowe Division, Pacific Electric Railway, Los Angeles, Cal.
PostmarkedLos Angeles, CA, March 8, 1909, 15:00
Stamp
Addressed to
Mrs Lola Gerstin

2708 Wentworth Ave. Chicago, IL

Postcard record

Postmarked, Los Angeles, CA
PublisherNewman Post Card Co.
ConditionGood
Place addressedMrs Lola Gerstin, 2708 Wentworth Ave., Chicago, IL
Place depictedAlpine Tavern, Alpine, CA
Place mentionedLos Angeles, CA
PublisherNewman Post Card Co., Los Angeles, CA
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1930, perforated on all sides
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1902, perforated vertical sides only
NotesTop edge trimmed, cutting off the first line of the printed motto; worn corners and light surface wear; grainy lithographic texture; faint pencil marks on the rug at bottom. Postmark: LOS ANGELES, CAL. ARCADE STATION, MAR 8 3 PM 1909. Divided-back card, imprint "No. C.7. Publ. by Newman Post Card Co., Los Angeles, Cal. (Made in Germany)" along left edge; 1c Franklin stamp; message written sideways in pen; light edge wear and toning.

Cite this card

Fireplace in Alpine Tavern, Mount Lowe, CA, 1909, postcard, c. 1909. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/fireplace-in-alpine-tavern-mount-lowe-ca-1909. Accessed November 2, 2026.