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Sunset over lake with cottage and trees, Red Bank, NJ, 1908

Subjects
Forests & TreesLakes & Ponds
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1908 (Golden Age)
Front of Sunset over lake with cottage and trees, Red Bank, NJ, 1908, Miss Edith Kruse, USA, c. 1908 lithograph postcard
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Back of Sunset over lake with cottage and trees, Red Bank, NJ, 1908, Miss Edith Kruse, USA, c. 1908 lithograph postcard
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About this postcard

A painted sunset over a calm lake, with dark cloud banks above and a wooded point of tall trees at center. A small gabled cottage sits on a rise at right, and a rowboat is moored near a low building on the left shore. A rustic wooden fence runs along the foreground bank. The scene is painted in warm reds, oranges, and greens and reads as a generic picturesque landscape rather than an identifiable location. The sender writes from a trip to Port Monmouth and arranges to meet Edith Kruse in Patchogue the following Wednesday.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Dear Edith:- Have been up at Port Monmouth will be home next Tuesday so will see you Wednesday eve. good & early if you will be in. Let me know if you have any other date for that

Post card – Carte postale – Postkarte – Cartolina postale Dopisnice – ОТКРЫТОЕ ПИСЬМО – Levelező-Lap. – Briefkaart – Brefkort. Correspondenzkarte – Korespondenční lístek – Dopisnica Karta Korespondencyjna – Tarjeta Postal – Почтовая карта
PostmarkedRED BANK, NJ, September 7, 1908, 08:30
Stamp
Addressed to
Miss Edith Kruse

Smithport Hotel Patchogue

Postcard record

Postmarked, RED BANK, NJ
Series345
ConditionGood
Place addressedMiss Edith Kruse, Smithport Hotel, Patchogue
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1902, perforated vertical sides only
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, perforated on all sides
NotesCanvas/linen-textured surface; no white border; cursive signature at upper right (reads "Greve", reading uncertain); small white scuff near the right-hand tree; light corner and edge wear. Postmark: RED BANK N. J. SEP 7 8:30 AM 1908. Divided-back private card with multi-lingual "Post card" heading; textured canvas-finish front; light edge/corner wear.

Cite this card

Sunset over lake with cottage and trees, Red Bank, NJ, 1908, postcard, c. 1908. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/sunset-over-lake-with-cottage-and-trees-red-bank-nj-1908. Accessed November 2, 2026.