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Lake in Hollenbeck Park, Los Angeles, CA, 1909

Subjects
Lakes & PondsPublic Parks & Commons
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1909 (Golden Age)
Front of Lake in Hollenbeck Park, Los Angeles, CA, 1909, c. 1909 lithograph postcard
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Back of Lake in Hollenbeck Park, Los Angeles, CA, 1909, c. 1909 lithograph postcard
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About this postcard

A view across the artificial lake in Hollenbeck Park, Los Angeles, with a curving flower-lined walk along the near shore, palms and dark evergreens framing the water, a small island in the distance, and white swans on the surface. The park was laid out in the 1890s on land donated by the Hollenbeck family in Boyle Heights, east of the Los Angeles River, and its lake and boathouse made it a popular outing for Angelenos in the early 1900s. The note on the back is ordinary social correspondence: the writer thanks the recipient for a kind thought and declines a dinner invitation, hoping she will have an enjoyable day.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Los Angeles Cal Nov 24th 09 Dear Clara I received the Thanksgiving Postal and card for which I kindly thank you. I should like to accept of your invitation to dinner, but it is impossible. I hope you will have an enjoyable day. I had to answer your letter at once with kindest remembrance. Yours. C.B.C.

PublisherNewman Post Card Co.
Hollenbeck Park, Los Angeles, Cal. --- POST CARD. Write message here. Made in Germany. The Newman Post Card Co. Los Angeles, Cal.
PostmarkedLOS ANGELES, November 6, 1909, 18:00
Stamp
Addressed to
Mrs Clara Philpae

Bronx, NY

Postcard record

Postmarked, LOS ANGELES
PublisherNewman Post Card Co.
ConditionGood
Place addressedMrs Clara Philpae, Bronx, NY
Place depictedHollenbeck Park, Los Angeles, CA
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, perforated on all sides
NotesColor lithograph with a grainy, stippled surface and a thin printed border; corners show wear and small paper loss, especially at the upper left and lower corners. Postmark: LOS ANGELES NOV 6 P.M. STA. A 1909. Divided back with green "POST CARD." heading and "Write message here." prompt; "Made in Germany" imprint; toned card with worn, chipped corners and edge wear.

Cite this card

Lake in Hollenbeck Park, Los Angeles, CA, 1909, postcard, c. 1909. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/lake-in-hollenbeck-park-los-angeles-ca-1909. Accessed November 2, 2026.