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Vacation Time by Stettman, figure seated by a lake with rowboat, 1908

Subjects
Artist SignedBoating & CanoeingLakes & Ponds
Card type
Government postal card
Date
c. 1908 (Golden Age)
Front of Vacation Time by Stettman, figure seated by a lake with rowboat, 1908, Miss Edith Kruse, NY, USA, c. 1908 postal card postcard
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Back of Vacation Time by Stettman, figure seated by a lake with rowboat, 1908, Miss Edith Kruse, NY, USA, c. 1908 postal card postcard
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About this postcard

A solitary figure sits on a rock at the edge of a calm lake or pond, with a small rowboat drawn up nearby. Dense trees and a sunset sky fill the background. The caption "Vacation Time / By Stettman" gives the scene a quiet leisure theme, a common lakeside escape on early twentieth-century postcards.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

I thank you for postal card, will see you when school opens as I have something I must give you. Your friend Katherine Mergbacher.

VACATION TIME BY STETTMAN.
PostmarkedBrooklyn, NY, August 10, 1908, 12:30
Stamp
Addressed to
Miss Edith Kruse

Smithport Hotel Ocean ave Patchogue, NY

Postcard record

Postmarked, Brooklyn, NY
ConditionGood
Place addressedMiss Edith Kruse, Ocean ave, Smithport Hotel, Patchogue, NY
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, perforated on all sides
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1890
NotesPrinted faux wood-grain frame border with caption plaque; corners worn, small chip at lower left. Postmark: BROOKLYN, N.Y. STA B AUG 10 12:30 PM 1908. Divided-back government postal card with 1¢ Franklin stamp; card toned/soiled with light edge wear.

Cite this card

Vacation Time by Stettman, figure seated by a lake with rowboat, 1908, postcard, c. 1908. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/vacation-time-by-stettman-figure-seated-by-a-lake-with-rowbo. Accessed November 2, 2026.