Sunset Trail and Palisades, Santa Monica, CA, circa 1920

Subjects: Coastal Scenery Gardens Public Parks & Commons
Card type: Lithograph
Date: c. 1920 (White Border)

Back of Sunset Trail and Palisades, Santa Monica, CA, circa 1920, c. 1920 lithograph postcard — Back

About this postcard

The view looks out from a rustic timber pergola on the Sunset Trail in Palisades Park, Santa Monica. A hanging sign marks the trail, flower beds and shrubs line the walk, and the Pacific and hazy coastal mountains stretch beyond. Palisades Park follows the bluff above Ocean Avenue, a long public promenade of lawns, palms, and overlooks that shaped Santa Monica's seaside character. The arbor fits the park's early twentieth-century landscaping, when rustic structures framed views for strollers and sightseers. The card was mailed in the early 1920s to a family in Wooster, Ohio. The sender's note mentions children, summer expenses, and the coming school term, a small slice of ordinary summer correspondence.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Dear Doll, Hope to see you all before long providing the children or some one dont get sick so we cant come. I feel sometimes like giving up the ship this summer as it seems a shame to spend so much money for just 2 weeks, but I have just waited on Dan & now he is so busy yet we wont get started till the 18 or so, I did want to come sooner Nell & Ben thinks we ought not come, but I am if the but will have to get back for some for school will just have to try to see those we know as fast as possible. Love to all from all Daisy.

PostmarkedPAL, CA

Addressed to

Mrs Nill E. Heller

# 222 East Bowman St. Wooster, OH

Postcard record

Postmarked	PAL, CA
Publisher	M. Kashower Co.
Series	307
Condition	Good
Place addressed	Mrs Nill E. Heller, # 222 East Bowman St., Wooster, OH
Place depicted	Palisades Park, Santa Monica, CA
Stamp	2c George Washington, red, perforated on all sides
Notes	White border; printed card number 307 at top of image; small printer's mark at lower left of image. Postmark: PALI[SADES?] CALIF AUG 13 192[?]. Divided-back POST CARD with MADE IN USA and publisher imprint (M. Kashower Co., Los Angeles, Cal.); MK monogram in wreath at top center of back; 2-cent Washington stamp; heavy toning/staining and edge wear.

Cite this card

Sunset Trail and Palisades, Santa Monica, CA, circa 1920, postcard, c. 1920. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/sunset-trail-and-palisades-santa-monica-ca-circa-1920. Accessed November 2, 2026.