Once Upon a House
Once Upon a House

Sources / Postcards of Yost Park and Beloit (private collection)

Postcard: East Grand Ave., Beloit, Wis. (unused)

Opening

East Grand Ave., Beloit, Wis. (A)

Unused.

Card pc-042 · not mailed · front

The picture side

The picture

A wide unpaved street crossing with a single-truck streetcar curving through the foreground on its tracks; ornate brick and white-fronted commercial blocks with a small tower and a cupola at left; a plain two-story corner building at right with a striped awning and a large 'EMERSON'S DRUG STORE' sign; a horse stands at the curb beside the sign; tall utility poles carry many wires.

  • Printed caption: EAST GRAND AVE., BELOIT, WIS.
  • Publisher: E. C. KROPP CO. PUB. MILWAUKEE, NO. 4395
  • Number: 4395
  • Printing: colored halftone · color
  • Lettering in the picture: EMERSON'S / DRUG STORE (sign on the right-hand building); [illegible] (number board on the streetcar dash)
  • Condition: a crease or scuff across the upper right sky; light corner wear

Card pc-042 · not mailed · back

The written side

The back

  • Layout: divided back (message at left, address at right)
  • Printed: Post Card · PLACE POSTAGE HERE · DOMESTIC / IS. POS- / SESSIONS / CANADIAN / MEXICAN } 1c · FOREIGN 2c · This Space for Address only
  • Stamp box: PLACE POSTAGE HERE / DOMESTIC IS. POSSESSIONS CANADIAN MEXICAN 1c / FOREIGN 2c
  • Condition: heavy uneven toning and foxing; a faint curved mark under 'Address only'

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

Reader's note: Unused and unwritten. The back is the same printed design as pc-037's (stamp box with 1c and 2c rates). The streetcar's number board on the dash is too dark to read.

Scans: East Grand Ave., Beloit, Wis. - A - 01.png and East Grand Ave., Beloit, Wis. - A - 02.png (sha256 5f9e864b61d3…, cef82c733a8c…). Media: front — the scan, byte for byte; back — the scan, byte for byte