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Fletcher Lake shoreline, Ocean Grove, New Jersey, circa 1905

Subjects
Boating & CanoeingLakes & Ponds
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1902 (Early)
Front of Fletcher Lake shoreline, Ocean Grove, New Jersey, circa 1905, Miss Bertha Kirby, NJ, USA, c. 1902 lithograph postcard
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Back of Fletcher Lake shoreline, Ocean Grove, New Jersey, circa 1905, Miss Bertha Kirby, NJ, USA, c. 1902 lithograph postcard
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About this postcard

A tinted view across Fletcher Lake toward the Ocean Grove shore, where a long row of wooden Victorian cottages, pavilions and a small red-roofed boat landing line the water; a single rowboat with several figures is out on the lake. Ocean Grove was laid out from 1869 as a Methodist camp-meeting resort on the New Jersey coast, and its tightly packed wooden cottages and tabernacle architecture made it one of the best-known Victorian seaside communities in America. The lake, named for Methodist Episcopal bishop Calvin Kingsley's associate John Fletcher, lay just inside the resort's bounds.

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PublisherSouvenir Post Card Co.
2505—Fletscher Lake, Ocean Grove, N. J. Souvenir Post Card Co., New York and Berlin --- Post Card THIS SIDE FOR THE ADDRESS
PostmarkedOcean Grove, NJ, August 23, 1905, 11:00
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Addressed to
Miss Bertha Kirby

Medford, NJ

Postcard record

Postmarked, Ocean Grove, NJ
PublisherSouvenir Post Card Co.
Series2505
ConditionGood
Place addressedMiss Bertha Kirby, Medford, NJ
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1902
NotesWhite border at bottom carrying the printed caption and publisher line; worn, rounded corners and a dark stain/smudge in the sky at upper right. Handwritten name "Ena." and date "8/21/35" on the front border. Postmark: OCEAN GROVE AUG 23 11-AM; PHILA PA AUG 23 12 PM 1905. Undivided back; 'THIS SIDE FOR THE ADDRESS'; 1c Franklin stamp; light toning/wear.

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Fletcher Lake shoreline, Ocean Grove, New Jersey, circa 1905, postcard, c. 1902. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/fletcher-lake-shoreline-ocean-grove-new-jersey-circa-1905. Accessed October 24, 2026.