A rustic wooden pergola frames a view along the Sunset Trail, with a hanging sign reading "SUNSET TRAIL," banks of flowers and shrubs, and the ocean and hazy coastal mountains beyond. The card names the Palisades, the bluff-top parkland along Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica, where landscaped walks and pergolas overlooked the Pacific. Such rustic timber arbors were a common feature of early twentieth-century California seaside parks.
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pen
Dear Doll, hope to see you all
before long boarding the children
as soon as I dont get sick so we
cant come I feel sometimes like
giving up the ship This summer as
it keeps a shums to spend so much
money for what I get but I
just wanted to let you know
as how we ant get started
till the 18 or 20 I did think
come some time but I am
right not sure but I am
not will get your to try
for school will get your
those turn begun as best as
can to all from all
Dora
White border; printed card number 307 at top and "A 168" in the lower left corner; slight edge and corner wear.
Postmark: LOS ANGELES CALIF AUG 19 (year not legible). Divided-back "POST CARD" with "MADE IN U.S.A." and publisher imprint; 2-cent Washington stamp; heavy toning/staining and edge wear.
Cite this card
Sunset Trail and Palisades, Santa Monica, California, circa 1915, postcard, c. 1915. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/sunset-trail-and-palisades-santa-monica-california-circa-191. Accessed October 24, 2026.
