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
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 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