Sunset over lake with cottage and rowboat, Red Bank, NJ, 1908
- Subjects
- Boating & CanoeingLakes & Ponds
- Card type
- Lithograph
About this postcard
An early-20th-century scenic view: a broad lake reflects a red and gold sunset beneath dark cloud banks, with a clump of tall trees on a grassy bank at right, a small gabled cottage with a steep roof, a wooden rail fence in the foreground, and a rowboat moored at the left shore. No place is named in the image, so it reads as a stock sunset landscape rather than a documented location. The message gives the card a travel-note context: the sender has been staying at Port Monmouth, NJ, and arranges to meet the recipient in Patchogue, Long Island, the next week. Patchogue was a South Shore resort town in the early 1900s, and generic scenic cards like this were common souvenirs for summer visitors.
Postcard Details
Smithport Hotel Patchogue, NY
Postcard record
| Postmarked | , RED BANK, NJ |
|---|---|
| Condition | Good |
| Place addressed | Edith Struce, Smithport Hotel, Patchogue, NY |
| Stamp | 1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1902, perforated vertical sides only |
| Stamp | 1c Benjamin Franklin, green, perforated on all sides |
| Notes | Fine canvas-weave texture across the printed surface; handwritten artist signature in script over the sky at upper right (reads "Greig"); small white scuff/abrasion near the tall tree; worn, rounded corners and light edge wear. Postmark: RED BANK N.J. SEP 1 8:30 AM 1908. Divided-back card with multi-language "Post card" heading; 1¢ green Franklin stamp; light wear and toning at edges. |
Cite this card
Sunset over lake with cottage and rowboat, Red Bank, NJ, 1908, postcard, c. 1908. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/sunset-over-lake-with-cottage-and-rowboat-red-bank-nj-1908. Accessed November 2, 2026.