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Grounds of the Soldiers' Home, Santa Monica, California, circa 1908

Subjects
GardensMilitary Branches & Training Camps
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1907 (Golden Age)
Front of Grounds of the Soldiers' Home, Santa Monica, California, circa 1908, c. 1907 lithograph postcard
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Back of Grounds of the Soldiers' Home, Santa Monica, California, circa 1908, c. 1907 lithograph postcard
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About this subject

A landscaped garden with curving paths and beds of brightly colored flowers and shrubs in front of the large, multi-gabled Soldiers' Home building, framed by palm trees. Utility poles and a smaller outbuilding stand to the right, with low hills in the distance.

Postcard Details

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PublisherNewman Post Card Co.
Grounds, Soldiers Home, Santa Monica, Cal. --- POST CARD. Place Postage Here Domestic Island Possessions Canadian Mexican 1 c Foreign 2 c 62104 No. F. 1. Publ. by Newman Post Card Co., Los Angeles, Cal. Made in Germany Write message here.
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Postcard record

ConditionGood
Place depictedSoldiers' Home, Santa Monica, CA
PublisherLos Angeles, CA
NotesUndivided-back era lithograph; no white border; light edge and corner wear. No postmark or stamp present. Divided-back chromolithograph printed in Germany for Newman Post Card Co., Los Angeles; dealer pencil notation 'ES08-1 2.00' along top edge.

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Grounds of the Soldiers' Home, Santa Monica, California, circa 1908, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/grounds-of-the-soldiers-home-santa-monica-california-circa-1. Accessed October 5, 2026.