The view follows River Drive in Fairmount Park, where a road curves along the riverbank below a large stone arch bridge with a steel truss span. A train is visible on the bridge, and a utility pole and trees line the road. Fairmount Park's riverside drives gave Philadelphians a scenic route along the Schuylkill, and by the early 1900s the park's carriage roads and the railroad bridge were part of the landscape.
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pen
Dear Clara
was awful sorry to hear that your mother
is a going away tell her that Addlie is going
with her. how are you all is she going
to take Addlie with her or is she going alone
let me hear whether she went or not with best love
Erving
Undivided back era; handwritten message on front; printed caption; creases and stains; image worn.
Postmark: PHILADELPHIA JUL 9 1907 PA (flag cancel: WEST PHILADELPHIA STATION 2). Undivided back ("This side for the Address"), no stamp present, heavy creasing, edge wear and staining; correspondence was written on the front.
Cite this card
River Drive, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, 1907, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/river-drive-fairmount-park-philadelphia-1907. Accessed November 2, 2026.
