Once Upon a House
Once Upon a House

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Postcards of Yost Park and Beloit (private collection)

Postcard, "Bird's-Eye View of Beloit." E. C. Kropp, Milwaukee. Postmarked Beloit, 9 Nov. 1905. Private collection.

66 picture postcards of Yost Park, the Rock River and Beloit, about 1905 to 1934, both sides of each, with every word written on them transcribed twice over (an exact copy and a reading version), who wrote to whom, and how each card is dated.

Transcribed page by page: 40,557 words. Each page keeps its printed page number, so every quotation on the site can be checked against it.

SectionPagesWords
Postcard: Bird's-Eye View of Beloit (mailed 9 Nov. 1905)3 pages622Read →
Postcard: East Grand Ave., Beloit, Wis. (undated)3 pages530Read →
Postcard: E. Grand Ave. from the Bridge, Beloit, Wis. (mailed 23 March 1908)3 pages978Read →
Postcard: Yost Park, Beloit, Wis. (mailed 26 April 1908)3 pages625Read →
Postcard: East Grand Ave., Beloit, Wis. (mailed 24 July 1908)3 pages819Read →
Postcard: East Grand Ave., Beloit, Wis. (mailed 25 Sept. 1908)3 pages842Read →
Postcard: Boat Landing at Yosts Park, between Janesville and Beloit (mailed 22 Oct. 1908)3 pages936Read →
Postcard: Rock River, Beloit, Wis. (mailed 29 Jan. 1909)3 pages663Read →
Postcard: Yost Park, Janesville, Wis. (mailed 5 May 1909)3 pages640Read →
Postcard: The Busy Street, Beloit, Wis. (mailed 31 Aug. 1909)3 pages715Read →
Postcard: Boat Landing at Yosts Park, between Janesville and Beloit (mailed 9 Sept. 1909)3 pages703Read →
Postcard: The Busy Street, Beloit, Wis. (mailed 15 Sept. 1909)3 pages597Read →
Postcard: The Busy Street, Beloit, Wis. (mailed 9 Oct. 1909)3 pages757Read →
Postcard: View Big Hill and Rock River, Near Beloit, Wis. (mailed 9 Oct. 1910)3 pages719Read →
Postcard: Rock River at Shaw's Farm, Beloit, Wis. (mailed 3 May 1910)3 pages774Read →
Postcard: Boat Landing at Yosts Park, between Janesville and Beloit (mailed 13 May 1910)3 pages847Read →
Postcard: C. & N. W. Bridge and Depot, Beloit, Wis. (mailed 25 May 1910)3 pages710Read →
Postcard: River Scene, Beloit, Wis. (mailed 20 Sept. 1910)3 pages710Read →
Postcard: Corner of State St. and East Grand Ave., Beloit, Wis. (mailed 15 July 1911)3 pages562Read →
Postcard: View Big Hill and Rock River, Near Beloit, Wis. (mailed 9 Oct. 1911)3 pages754Read →
Postcard: Grand Avenue from Bridge, Beloit, Wis. (mailed 22 Feb. 1912)3 pages802Read →
Postcard: East Grand Avenue, Beloit, Wis. (mailed Sept. 1912)3 pages807Read →
Postcard: Grand Avenue, Beloit, Wis. (mailed 1913)3 pages953Read →
Postcard: Grand Ave., Beloit, Wis. (mailed 4 Aug. 1914)3 pages695Read →
Postcard: Grand Ave., Beloit, Wis. (undated)3 pages803Read →
Postcard: Rock River Looking North, Beloit, Wis. (mailed 22 May 1917)3 pages626Read →
Postcard: C. M. & St. P. Ry. Depot, Beloit, Wis. (mailed Aug. 1917)3 pages820Read →
Postcard: Grand Ave., Beloit, Wis. (mailed Aug. 1918)3 pages753Read →
Postcard: Grand Ave., West of Pleasant St., Beloit, Wis. (mailed 5 July 1919)3 pages745Read →
Postcard: 'S' Bridge and the Rock River, Beloit, Wis. (mailed 4 July 1921)3 pages661Read →
Postcard: C. M. & St. P. Depot, Beloit, Wis. (mailed July 1922)3 pages788Read →
Postcard: Grand Ave. Looking West, Beloit, Wis. (mailed 19 Sept. 1923)3 pages742Read →
Postcard: Basford Beach Looking Toward Big Hill, Beloit, Wis. (mailed 3 Sept. 1929)3 pages746Read →
Postcard: Grand Avenue Looking West, Beloit, Wis. (mailed 8 Feb. 1934)3 pages571Read →
Postcard: Boat Landing at Yosts Park, between Janesville and Beloit (unused)3 pages501Read →
Postcard: Boat Landing at Yosts Park, between Janesville and Beloit (unused)3 pages518Read →
Postcard: Boat Landing at Yosts Park, between Janesville and Beloit (unused)3 pages448Read →
Postcard: Brittan Block, Beloit, Wis. (unused)3 pages343Read →
Postcard: C. & N. W. Depot, Beloit, Wis. (unused)3 pages331Read →
Postcard: C. & N. W. Depot, Beloit, Wis. (unused)3 pages378Read →
Postcard: Down the River, Beloit, Wis. (unused)3 pages286Read →
Postcard: East Grand Ave., Beloit, Wis. (unused)3 pages354Read →
Postcard: East Grand Ave., Beloit, Wis. (undated)3 pages838Read →
Postcard: East Grand Ave., Beloit, Wis. (mailed 24 Jan. 1908)3 pages772Read →
Postcard: East Grand Ave., Beloit, Wis. (unused)3 pages413Read →
Postcard: East Grand Avenue, Beloit, Wis. (unused)3 pages374Read →
Postcard: Grand Avenue from Bridge, Beloit, Wis. (mailed 15 Oct. 1919)3 pages921Read →
Postcard: Grand Avenue, Beloit, Wis. (unused)3 pages319Read →
Postcard: Hilton Hotel, Beloit, Wis. (undated)3 pages638Read →
Postcard: Interurban Car, Sycamore, Ill. (unused)3 pages495Read →
Postcard: Lady Francis Hope (unused)3 pages349Read →
Postcard: Overturned Interurban Streetcar Wreck (unused)3 pages399Read →
Postcard: River Valley Overlook from Wooded Hillside (unused)3 pages334Read →
Postcard: Rock River Looking North from Main Bridge, Beloit, Wis. (unused)3 pages304Read →
Postcard: Rock River Looking North, Beloit, Wis. (unused)3 pages288Read →
Postcard: Rock River, Yost Park in Distance, Beloit, Wis. (unused)3 pages469Read →
Postcard: Rockford & Interurban Streetcar 217, Rockton-State Line (unused)3 pages411Read →
Postcard: Scene on Grand Ave., East of Fourth St., Beloit, Wis. (undated)3 pages755Read →
Postcard: Scene on Rock River, Beloit, Wis. (unused)3 pages303Read →
Postcard: Scene on Rock River, Beloit, Wis. (unused)3 pages445Read →
Postcard: The Busy Street, Beloit, Wis. (unused)3 pages384Read →
Postcard: View Big Hill and Rock River, Near Beloit, Wis. (undated)3 pages631Read →
Postcard: Yost Park, Janesville, Wis. (unused)3 pages360Read →
Postcard: Yost Park, Beloit, Wis. (mailed May 1908)3 pages759Read →
Postcard: Rock River, Yost Park in Distance, Beloit, Wis. (mailed 27 May 1910)3 pages712Read →
Postcard: Rock River, Yost Park in Distance, Beloit, Wis. (undated)3 pages710Read →