Down the River, Beloit, Wis.

Unused.

The picture

Three rowboats on a calm stretch of river below a high bank of dense trees at right, a low grassy bank at left, open fields and a tree line in the distance, and a clump of reeds in the foreground water.

• Printed caption: Down the River, Beloit, Wis.
• Number: NO. 4978
• Printing: colored halftone · color
• Condition: light corner wear, upper right

The back

• Layout: divided back (message at left, address at right)
• Printed: POST CARD · THIS SPACE MAY BE USED FOR WRITING · THIS SIDE FOR THE ADDRESS ONLY
• Stamp box: PLACE STAMP HERE. / DOMESTIC / CANADA / GREAT BRITAIN / GERMANY / ONE CENT. / FOREIGN: / TWO CENTS.
• Condition: toning, darker at the edges; light foxing

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

The readings

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

Uncertain readings:

• front, number at lower left: 4978 (or 4976) — the last digit is small and soft in the scan

Reader's note: Unused: no stamp, postmark, address, message or later pencil.

Scans: Down the River, Beloit, Wis. - 01.png and Down the River, Beloit, Wis. - 02.png (sha256 d66287365db1…, 76517d9a5241…). Media: front — the scanner's white edge trimmed: kept pixels [0, 0, 1099, 702]; back — the scan, byte for byte