The view looks across the west bend of the Kankakee River near Kankakee, Illinois, where two small figures stand in the shallow, slow-moving water while wooded banks and a few red-roofed houses line the far shore. The Kankakee River rises in northern Indiana and flows westward through Illinois to join the Des Plaines River, and its broad, marshy bends were a familiar scenic subject for early twentieth-century postcards of the region.
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pen
The card you sent was certainly pretty, we have
any scenery like that at home.
I like your cards very much
Translation
Heartfelt [illegible] from [illegible]
I am glad to hear that it [illegible]
and hope that it [illegible]
The [illegible] you continue [illegible]
Hand-colored halftone print (E. C. Kropp, Milwaukee) with white border strip at lower front carrying the handwritten message; printed caption in red at lower left; circular postmark/cancel impression at lower right of front. Undivided back with 'THIS SIDE IS FOR THE ADDRESS'; one-cent Franklin stamp; postmark KANK[AKEE] FEB 5 4:30 PM 1907; light edge/corner wear and slight soiling.
Cite this card
West Bend of the Kankakee River, Kankakee, IL, 1907, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/west-bend-of-the-kankakee-river-kankakee-il-1907. Accessed November 2, 2026.
