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Lakeside road with automobile, Lone Tree, IA, 1928

Subjects
AutomobilesGeneral GreetingsLakes & Ponds
Card type
Linen
Date
c. 1928 (White Border)
Front of Lakeside road with automobile, Lone Tree, IA, 1928, Waunetta Walthour, KS, USA, c. 1928 linen postcard
Front
Back of Lakeside road with automobile, Lone Tree, IA, 1928, Waunetta Walthour, KS, USA, c. 1928 linen postcard
Back

About this postcard

A road curves along the edge of a lake or pond, with a white railing at the water and trees framing the view. A car is parked on the road. The printed greeting reads "Greetings from Lone Tree, Iowa," a common way for small-town cards to pair a local name with a generic scenic view. In the message, a sender signing herself Letha tells Waunetta Walthour in Mulberry, Kansas, that she is having a nice time on a farm near the Iowa River, with the river just behind the wood lot, and passes along an invitation for Charlie to come fishing. The note dates from late August 1928, when Lone Tree was a small Johnson County farm town.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pencil

Lone Tree, Ia. aug 18, 1928 Dear Waunetta, I am having a nice time. Tell Charlie he should come up here fishing. I am staying on a farm where the Iowa river runs right back of the wood lot. I think there are plenty of fish. We are going to stay about a week. your friend Letha

GREETINGS FROM LONE TREE, IOWA
PostmarkedIA, August 30, 1928, 20:00
Stamp
Addressed to
Waunetta Walthour

Mulberry, KS

Postcard record

Postmarked, IA
Series19794 Series 1247 Landscapes 24 Designs.
ConditionGood
Place addressedWaunetta Walthour, Mulberry, KS
Place mentionedLone Tree, IA
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1930, perforated on all sides
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, perforated on all sides
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, issued 1922, perforated
NotesWhite border; linen texture; printed number 19794 in lower left; light edge wear. Postmark: AUG 30 1928, IOWA; town name at top of dial obscured by the stamp and illegible (message is datelined Lone Tree, Ia.). Divided-back card with white border and linen texture; back imprint "Series 1247 Landscapes 24 Designs" and "MADE IN USA". Card is creased, stained and edge-worn; pencil dealer mark "#8 2.50" at top right. A short struck-through scribble may precede "where the Iowa river" at the left edge of the message, though the area is also crossed by a crease.

Cite this card

Lakeside road with automobile, Lone Tree, IA, 1928, postcard, c. 1928. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/lakeside-road-with-automobile-lone-tree-ia-1928. Accessed November 3, 2026.