Interior of the Alpine Tavern on the Mount Lowe Division of the Pacific Electric Railway, showing 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 lies on the floor in front of the hearth.
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pen
Dear Lola,
By this you will see I have arrived in L.A.
Having a delightful time [illegible]
had to take a short rest [illegible]
but if all goes well [illegible]
[illegible] home for dinner last night and we went out [illegible]
[illegible] I wrote you last [illegible]
am getting pretty tired & cold & [illegible] glad to
get home again
[illegible] day [illegible] feel it worse than I did
[illegible] then the [illegible] is not [illegible]
[illegible] week if the weather is fine
[illegible] home [illegible]
will write soon after [illegible]
it is [illegible]
Top 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 STA. (no date legible). 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, California, circa 1910, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/fireplace-in-alpine-tavern-mount-lowe-california-circa-1910. Accessed October 5, 2026.
