Tree-lined drive, Fairview Park, Indianapolis, IN, 1910

Subjects: Forests & Trees Horses Public Parks & Commons
Card type: Lithograph
Date: c. 1910 (Golden Age)

Back of Tree-lined drive, Fairview Park, Indianapolis, IN, 1910, c. 1910 lithograph postcard — Back

About this postcard

The printed caption identifies this as a "Scene in Fairview Park, Indianapolis, Ind." The view looks down a broad, curving park drive lined with mature trees, with a low rustic stone wall in the foreground and a horse-drawn carriage receding into the distance. Fairview Park was one of Indianapolis's early recreation grounds, and shaded carriage drives of this kind were typical of late-19th- and early-20th-century urban parks.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Dear Ella, I neglected to write you for a long time how are you I think about you so much and wonder how you are I hope you are better wish I could see you all and tell you so Mrs E. Co[illegible]

PostmarkedIndianapolis, IN, October 24, 1910, 16:30

Addressed to

Mrs. Ella Friddle

Sydney, IN

From1257 E Mich St, Indianapolis, IN

Postcard record

Postmarked	October 24, 1910, 16:30, Indianapolis, IN
Publisher	S. H. Knox & Co.
Series	A9223
Condition	Very good
Place addressed	Mrs. Ella Friddle, Sydney, IN
Place depicted	Fairview Park, Indianapolis, IN
received	Sydney, IN
Place sent from	1257 E Mich St, Indianapolis, IN
Stamp	1c George Washington, green, perforated on all sides
Stamp	1c Benjamin Franklin, green, perforated on all sides
Notes	No white border; color halftone/lithographic texture; minor edge wear. Postmark: INDIANAPOLIS, IND. OCT 24 4:30 PM 1910 (plus a receiving mark: SYDNEY, IND. REC'D OCT 25 8 AM 1910). Divided-back card with one-cent green Franklin stamp, green "POST CARD" heading, S. H. Knox & Co. imprint and card number A9223; light edge wear and soiling, message ink slightly faded at the bottom edge.

Cite this card

Tree-lined drive, Fairview Park, Indianapolis, IN, 1910, postcard, c. 1910. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/tree-lined-drive-fairview-park-indianapolis-in-1910. Accessed November 2, 2026.