C. & N. W. Depot, Beloit, Wis. (A)

Unused.

The picture

A red-brick railway station with a curved Mission-style gabled arch lettered 'BELOIT', a long covered platform shed and a square clock tower with a pyramidal roof; a steam locomotive and train stand at the platform at right; a semaphore signal on a mast beyond; a horse-drawn carriage under the arch.

• Printed caption: C. & N. W. Depot, Beloit, Wis.—15
• Number: 15
• Printing: white border · color
• Lettering in the picture: BELOIT (on the arch)
• Condition: corner wear, lower right; slight soiling of the white border

The back

• Layout: divided back (message at left, address at right)
• Printed: 293 · Post Card
• Stamp box: E C / PLACE / STAMP / HERE / K Co
• Condition: a pale brown stain at left centre; light foxing; small loss at the lower right corner

Who

• No one is named on the card.

When

How	Date	Basis
card-features	after 1907-03-01	divided back: allowed in the US from 1 Mar. 1907
card-features	after 1915 to before 1930	white-border era (about 1915 to 1930)

The readings

Part	Status	Readers
caption	all agree	claude, gemini, gpt
signature	in message

Uncertain readings:

• back, sideways imprint: E. C. KROPP CO., MILWAUKEE — very faint tiny type; the stamp box initials E C K Co agree

Reader's note: Unused: no stamp, postmark, address or message. The back plate number is 293; the front series number is 15.

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