A monochrome view of a white house with a porch nestled among trees, with a wooden footbridge crossing a stream in the foreground and a full moon in a cloudy sky.
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pen
at 9 o'clock to get
my poor man was taken
at H. Hobbs[?], to see him
for a short time but
was not as well
as I could have wished
he was quite ill with
a very bad cold and cough
pains. was not
able to go to business
Printed "POST CARD" heading; black/white scrape damage on left side; light stains; monochrome image.
Postmark: illegible machine cancel over the 2c stamp (no city/date readable); pencil dealer notations "112" and "1.50" near the stamp. Undivided back ("THIS SIDE FOR THE ADDRESS"), pencil message written sideways (legible: "at 9 o'clock to get my poor man was taken at H. Hobbs[?], to see him for a short time but was not as well as I could have wished he was quite ill with a very bad cold and cough pains. was not able to go to business"), addressed to Mrs Jay M. Parker, Parker, Kans. 2c Washington stamp. Front shows a grainy monochrome view with a scrape/paper loss at left.
Cite this card
Rural house and footbridge, Parker, KS, circa 1903, postcard, c. 1903. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/rural-house-and-footbridge-parker-ks-circa-1903. Accessed November 3, 2026.
