Moonlight view in Walbridge Park, Toledo, Ohio, 1912

Subjects: Public Parks & Commons Rivers & Streams
Card type: Lithograph
Date: c. 1912 (Golden Age)

Back of Moonlight view in Walbridge Park, Toledo, Ohio, 1912, c. 1912 lithograph postcard — Back

About this postcard

A moonlit view across the water at Walbridge Park in Toledo, Ohio. The full moon reflects in a broad river or lagoon, and lights from a boathouse and a smaller shore building streak across the surface. A large house or pavilion glows on the wooded bluff above, with a long stairway descending the hillside to the water. Walbridge Park was laid out along the Maumee River in the late nineteenth century and became one of Toledo's principal pleasure grounds, with riverfront drives, picnic groves, and boathouses.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Franklin: Received your card and was overjoyed as I thought you had forgotten us. That was some boat and only wish we were along with you. I suppose you are more than enjoying yourself on Broadway by this time. The picture is a reminder of the pleasant time we spent with you at the Falls I mean the picture we had taken at the Falls. Your friend, Loretta O'Neil

PostmarkedToledo, OH, August 12, 1912, 16:00

Addressed to

Mr Franklin Winders

267 W. 25th St. Little Neck, L.I. N.Y. City, NY

Postcard record

Postmarked	August 12, 1912, 16:00, Toledo, OH
Publisher	Progressive News Co.
Series	R-22293
Condition	Fair
Place addressed	Mr Franklin Winders, 267 W. 25th St., Little Neck, L.I., N.Y. City, NY
Place depicted	Walbridge Park, Toledo, OH
Stamp	1c George Washington, green, issued 1909
Stamp	1c George Washington, green, perforated on all sides
Notes	White margin at bottom carrying the printed caption; heavy edge wear with chipped and missing corners, surface cracking and creasing across the sky and foreground. Postmark: TOLEDO, OHIO. AUG 12 4-PM 1912. Divided-back card with green 1¢ Franklin stamp and "POST CARD" imprint of Progressive News Co., Toledo, Ohio. Card is creased, soiled and edge-worn; front is heavily scuffed along the margins. Address originally read 267 W. 75th St., N.Y. City, N.Y., then Silver Creek, Ill.; both struck through and redirected to Little Silver, N.J.

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Moonlight view in Walbridge Park, Toledo, Ohio, 1912, postcard, c. 1912. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/moonlight-view-in-walbridge-park-toledo-ohio-1912. Accessed November 2, 2026.