Sunken Garden, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, PA, circa 1901

Subjects: Gardens Public Parks & Commons
Card type: Lithograph
Date: c. 1901 (Early)

Back of Sunken Garden, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, PA, circa 1901, Miss. Minnie G. Krase, NY, USA, c. 1901 lithograph postcard — Back

About this postcard

A view down a long formal sunken garden in Fairmount Park, with elaborate carpet-bedding floral patterns in red, yellow and green set in lawn, flanked by rows of large shade trees, and a white classical building at the far end.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

This is the sunken garden in Fairmount Park Phila. perhaps you have it I Snell My wife when living enjoyed looking over my cards to see the different places, she thought every place was prettier than Harrisburg. did you ever Exchange with Miss. Minnie G. Krase 43 Bellinger St. Rochester N.Y. I have received fine scenery from her

Addressed to

Miss. Minnie G. Krase

43 Bellingers st. Rochester, NY

Postcard record

Publisher	United Art Publishing Co.
Series	№ 624
Condition	Good
Place addressed	Miss. Minnie G. Krase, 43 Bellingers st., Rochester, NY
Notes	Chromolithograph with characteristic stipple/rosette texture; white margin at right edge carrying a handwritten message. Undivided-back era. No postmark. Undivided back ("THIS SIDE IS FOR THE ADDRESS ONLY."), stamp box reads "Place Stamp Here / Domestic One cent / Foreign Two cents". Imprint at left edge: "№ 624 UNITED ART PUBLISHING CO. (PRINTED IN GERMANY.)" Light edge wear and slight toning; no cancellation.

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Sunken Garden, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, PA, circa 1901, postcard, c. 1901. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/sunken-garden-fairmount-park-philadelphia-pa-circa-1901. Accessed November 2, 2026.