Sources / Postcards of Yost Park and Beloit (private collection)
Postcard: Rock River Looking North, Beloit, Wis. (unused)
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Rock River Looking North, Beloit, Wis.
Unused.
Card pc-055 · not mailed · front
The picture
A view straight up a calm, broad river between banks of dense trees and brush, the left bank close and heavily wooded. In the far distance above the tree line rise a building with a pointed spire or flagpole and a tall factory smokestack, under a pink-and-blue sky with small white clouds.
- Printed caption: Rock River Looking North, Beloit, Wis.—297
- Number: 297
- Printing: white border · color
- Condition: light wear at the corners; slight soiling of the border
Card pc-055 · not mailed · back
The back
- Layout: divided back (message at left, address at right)
- Printed: Post Card · PLACE STAMP HERE · E C / K Co (in the corners of the stamp box) · E. C. KROPP CO., MILWAUKEE
- Stamp box: PLACE STAMP HERE (corners: E C K Co)
- Condition: even toning; a few small specks
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 |
Reader's note: Unused. Kropp white-border card numbered 297 in the caption.
Scans: Rock River Looking North, Beloit, Wis. - 01.png and Rock River Looking North, Beloit, Wis. - 02.png (sha256 149bf5949368…, d3162699752f…). Media: front — the scan, byte for byte; back — the scan, byte for byte