Laurel Hill, Forest Park, Springfield, MA, 1924

Subjects: Monuments & Memorials Public Parks & Commons
Card type: Lithograph
Date: c. 1924 (White Border)

Back of Laurel Hill, Forest Park, Springfield, MA, 1924, c. 1924 lithograph postcard — Back

About this postcard

Laurel Hill rises in Forest Park, Springfield, Massachusetts, where a white stone pavilion or memorial with a lion statue and a columned canopy sits on the grassy slope. A tall sculpted monument stands to the right, and below the hill a small lake and another pavilion are visible under a pink and blue sky. Forest Park was Springfield's large municipal park, a late nineteenth-century landscape of lawns, drives, and overlooks, and Laurel Hill was one of its named scenic points.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

To Springfield Arrived Home at 11.20 Some night and tell me the time of last night I can just up here for the day Note you are all right this A M Good day M.B.H.

PostmarkedSpringfield, MA, October 2, 1924, 16:30

Addressed to

Mrs L M Greeney

142 High St Fall River, MA

Postcard record

Postmarked	October 2, 1924, 16:30, Springfield, MA
Condition	Good
Place addressed	Mrs L M Greeney, 142 High St, Fall River, MA
Place depicted	Forest Park, Springfield, MA
Stamp	1c George Washington, green, issued 1909
Stamp	1c George Washington, green, perforated on all sides
Notes	Color lithograph with visible crack/crease line across the sky; caption "Laurel-Hill, Forest Park, Springfield, Mass." printed in the sky area; divided-back stock. Postmark: SPRINGFIELD MASS. OCT 2 4:30 PM 1924. Divided-back card with 1c green Washington stamp; card stock toned/foxed, pencil stock number "1125" scribbled at top.

Cite this card

Laurel Hill, Forest Park, Springfield, MA, 1924, postcard, c. 1924. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/laurel-hill-forest-park-springfield-ma-1924. Accessed November 2, 2026.