Brittan Block, Beloit, Wis.

Unused.

The picture

A three-story brick corner block with a rounded corner bay, a decorative parapet with a small round pediment, and arched upper windows on the side wall; awnings over the ground-floor shops; horse-drawn vehicles at the curb in front; a streetcar and a crowd of pedestrians crossing at right under tall trees.

• Printed caption: 3249 Brittan Block, Beloit, Wis.
• Publisher: D H. POLLOCK, PHARMACIST
• Number: 3249
• Printing: halftone · monochrome
• Lettering in the picture: BURR / BROS (corner awning); [illegible] (signboard over the corner entrance); [illegible] (signs at far right)
• Condition: a long diagonal crease across the sky, upper right; light surface scuffs; corner wear

The back

• Layout: divided back (message at left, address at right)
• Printed: Post Card
• Condition: a crease and slight tear along the upper left; faint violet and grey smudges in the message area (not writing); light soiling; corner wear lower right

Who

• D H. Pollock — named in the printed imprint as pharmacist (the publisher or seller of the card)

When

How	Date	Basis
card-features	after 1907-03-01	divided back: allowed in the US from 1 Mar. 1907

The readings

Part	Status	Readers
caption	majority	claude, gemini, gpt
signature	in message

Reader's note: Unused: no stamp, postmark, address or message. The back has a plain divided layout: 'Post Card' at the top, an empty ruled stamp box with no printed text, a double vertical divider, and three printed address lines. 'BURR BROS' on the corner awning is a business in the Brittan Block.

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