Sources / Postcards of Yost Park and Beloit (private collection)
Postcard: East Grand Ave., Beloit, Wis. (unused)
Opening
East Grand Ave., Beloit, Wis. (D)
Unused.
Card pc-045 · not mailed · front
The picture
A street corner seen from above: a streetcar with a monitor roof and open-sided rear section turns on curving tracks in the foreground. Ornate two- and three-story commercial blocks with arched windows and a small tower line the left side; at right a plain three-story corner building with a striped awning carries a large sign reading EMERSON'S DRUG STORE, with a horse and wagon in front. Telephone poles with crossarms rise at center; pedestrians on both sidewalks and crossing the street.
- Printed caption: […] BELOIT, WIS.
- Printing: colored halftone · color
- Lettering in the picture: EMERSON'S / DRUG STORE
- Condition: heavy wear: the caption at upper left is faded and darkened so that only 'BELOIT, WIS.' can be read; surface loss (white patches) on the cornice and wall of the building at right; a dark stain across the upper left corner; rounded, worn corners; a crease at lower right
Card pc-045 · not mailed · back
The back
- Layout: divided back (message at left, address at right)
- Printed: Post Card · PLACE POSTAGE HERE · DOMESTIC / IS. POSSESSIONS / CANADIAN / MEXICAN } 1c · FOREIGN 2c · This Space for Address only
- Stamp box: PLACE POSTAGE HERE / DOMESTIC / IS. POS- / SESSIONS / CANADIAN / MEXICAN 1c / FOREIGN 2c
- Condition: heavy toning and water staining; a pale blue-violet stain at upper center of the message side (color offset or dye); a small chip at 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 |
The readings
| Part | Status | Readers |
|---|---|---|
| caption | crux (1 word still in question) | claude, gemini, gpt |
| signature | in message |
Reader's note: Unused. The card itself does not show the street name: only 'BELOIT, WIS.' survives in the caption. The back is the same printed design as other early divided-back cards in this set (PLACE POSTAGE HERE box listing domestic and foreign rates).
Scans: East Grand Ave., Beloit, Wis. - D - 01.png and East Grand Ave., Beloit, Wis. - D - 02.png (sha256 e343d2222c47…, 2a671ee474be…). Media: front — the scan, byte for byte; back — the scan, byte for byte