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Lover's Lane, St. Joseph, MO, by Eugene Field, circa 1907

Subjects
PortraitsPublic Figures
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1907 (Golden Age)
Front of Lover's Lane, St. Joseph, MO, by Eugene Field, circa 1907, c. 1907 lithograph postcard
Front
Back of Lover's Lane, St. Joseph, MO, by Eugene Field, circa 1907, c. 1907 lithograph postcard
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About this postcard

The card shows a snow-covered country lane winding between bare trees at sunset, with an oval portrait of the poet Eugene Field at right and a verse excerpt below. The printed title names it "Lover's Lane, Saint Jo. by Eugene Field." Eugene Field (1850–1895) was an American poet and newspaper columnist; his poem "Lover's Lane, Saint Jo" recalls a lane in St. Joseph, Missouri.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pencil

Mother

LOVER'S LANE, SAINT JO. BY EUGENE FIELD. BUT CRUEL THE AGE OF WINTER, WHEN THE WAY OF THE WORLD SAYS NO, TO THE HOARY MEN WHO WOULD WOO AGAIN IN LOVER'S LANE, SAINT JO.
Addressed to
Mother

Mother

Postcard record

SeriesNº8
ConditionGood
Place depictedLover's Lane, St. Joseph, MO
NotesGold metallic border with ornate corner blocks; oval portrait medallion of Eugene Field with facsimile signature; printed poem excerpt; edge and corner wear. No postmark; divided-back "Post Card" stock with green imprint, unused. Handwritten "Mother" in pencil in the message space. Light soiling and foxing on the back; front has a gilt/gold border rather than white.

Cite this card

Lover's Lane, St. Joseph, MO, by Eugene Field, circa 1907, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/lovers-lane-st-joseph-mo-by-eugene-field-circa-1907. Accessed November 2, 2026.