The Cliffs in Swope Park, Kansas City, MO, 1909

Subjects: Children Public Parks & Commons Rivers & Streams
Card type: Lithograph
Date: c. 1909 (Golden Age)

Back of The Cliffs in Swope Park, Kansas City, MO, 1909, c. 1909 lithograph postcard — Back

About this postcard

Children sit on rocks and wade in a shallow pool beneath the cliffs in Swope Park, Kansas City, Missouri.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pencil

Kansas City dear Dot — I have got here al— last — and found me [illegible] I did not leave [illegible] until [illegible] [illegible] I have not [illegible] a sleep yet and [illegible] [illegible] Mrs B[illegible]

PostmarkedKansas City, MO, November 6, 1909, 19:00

Addressed to

Miss Lot Boswell

Plymouth, IL

Postcard record

Postmarked	November 6, 1909, 19:00, Kansas City, MO
Publisher	The Elite Post Card Co.
Series	15
Condition	Good
Place addressed	Miss Lot Boswell, Plymouth, IL
Place depicted	Swope Park, Kansas City, MO
Publisher	Kansas City, MO
Stamp	1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1930, perforated on all sides
Stamp	1c Benjamin Franklin, green, perforated on all sides
Notes	No white border; color lithograph with visible surface wear and fading. Postmark: KANSAS CITY NOV 6 7-PM 1909. Divided-back card printed in Germany (Elite Post Card Co., Kansas City & Leipzig); pencil message written sideways along the left edge; light edge wear and slight toning.

Cite this card

The Cliffs in Swope Park, Kansas City, MO, 1909, postcard, c. 1909. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/the-cliffs-in-swope-park-kansas-city-mo-1909. Accessed November 2, 2026.