A dirt roadway curves past a rocky limestone bluff where a spring issues from the base of the cliff, with three figures in white dresses standing at the spring and an open touring car halted on the road. Cliff Drive is the scenic boulevard threading Kansas City's bluffs above the Missouri River, laid out by landscape architect George Kessler as part of the city's early twentieth-century park and boulevard system. The tinted view captures the drive as a Sunday outing destination in the motorcar era.
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pen
I [illegible] the office
of Bell [illegible] for [illegible]
we are all [illegible] from [illegible]
I [illegible]
I will [illegible]
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Heavy black ink spotting and staining in the upper right over the caption and sky; worn, rounded corners; no white border.
Postmark: KANSAS CITY MO APR 9 1921 8:30 AM (second, fainter Kansas City cancel at bottom). Divided back, white border, color litho; message written sideways in purple ink over the printed text; light soiling and edge wear.
Cite this card
The Spring on Cliff Drive, Kansas City, Missouri, circa 1910, postcard, c. 1915. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/the-spring-on-cliff-drive-kansas-city-missouri-circa-1910. Accessed October 24, 2026.
