A view across a still pond dotted with lily pads, framed by dense shrubs, reeds and bare-branched trees, with a small rustic stone bridge and a lamp post visible among the foliage. The card names the scene as the Lily Pond in Lincoln Park, Chicago, one of the city's oldest and largest public parks, laid out along the lakefront in the 1860s and home to conservatories, lagoons and formal gardens. The red overprinted caption and undivided back point to a date in the first decade of the 1900s.
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pen
Chicago Ill. Nov 16/06. Your beautiful card rec'd.
The [illegible] is [illegible] and I told you at [illegible] my letter set [illegible]
the [illegible] front lawn and [illegible] for the [illegible]
Undivided-back era card; handwritten message in pencil across the lower front margin over the white border; red printed caption; light corner and edge wear.
Postmark: CHICAGO ILL NOV 17 1 30 AM 1906; second strike CHATHAM N.J. REC'D NOV 17 1906. Undivided back ("THIS SIDE IS FOR THE ADDRESS"), green "Post Card." heading, 1¢ Franklin stamp, German-printed stock. Light toning and edge wear.
Cite this card
Lily Pond, Lincoln Park, Chicago, circa 1906, postcard, c. 1902. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/lily-pond-lincoln-park-chicago-circa-1906. Accessed October 24, 2026.
