Riverside Park, Memphis, Tennessee

Subjects: Boating & Canoeing Lakes & Ponds Public Parks & Commons
Card type: Linen
Date: c. 1930 (White Border)

Back of Riverside Park, Memphis, Tennessee, c. 1930 linen postcard — Back

About this subject

A scenic view of Riverside Park in Memphis, Tennessee, showing a calm lake with several rowboats carrying people, a grassy bank with benches and a path, and dense trees along the shore.

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PublisherBluff City News Co.

IN BEAUTIFUL RIVERSIDE PARK, MEMPHIS, TENN.—59 --- Riverside Park, on bluffs 100 feet over the Mississippi, skirts the river for a distance of about one mile. The park covers an area of 420 acres and is the largest in the Memphis park system. Scenic Riverside Lake has an area of about 7 acres. 7222 Post Card A NATURAL COLOR POST CARD Published by Bluff City News Co., Memphis, Tenn. — Natural Color Post Card Made in U.S.A. by E. C. Kropp Co., Milwaukee, Wis.—FBY

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Postcard record

Series	59
Condition	Very good
Place depicted	Riverside Park, Memphis, TN
Place mentioned	Memphis, TN
Publisher	Memphis, TN
Notes	Linen texture; no white border visible; printed caption at top. No postmark; unused card. Kropp 'Natural Color Post Card' (E/C/K/Co stamp box), divided back, linen texture, ca. 1930s-40s. Printed back describes Riverside Park, Memphis, Tenn. Dealer pencil '#59 1-' in lower right corner.

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Riverside Park, Memphis, Tennessee, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/riverside-park-memphis-tennessee. Accessed October 5, 2026.