Scene on Rock River, Beloit, Wis.

Unused.

The picture

Cattle wade in the shallows of a wide, still river: three cows in open water at centre left and a small group of red and white cattle along the far bank at right; a grassy bank with tall shrubs fills the right foreground; a low wooded shore runs along the horizon under a pale, cloudy sky.

• Printed caption: SCENE ON ROCK RIVER, BELOIT, WIS.
• Number: No. 4219
• Printing: colored halftone · color
• Condition: light wear on the edges and corners

The back

• Layout: divided back (message at left, address at right)
• Printed: Post Card · This Space for Address only.
• Stamp box: PLACE POSTAGE / HERE / DOMESTIC / IS. POS- / SESSIONS / CANADIAN / MEXICAN } 1c / FOREIGN 2c
• Condition: light toning, a brownish stain at lower left

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:

• later hand, top: 2/ (or 21, 2 1) — very faint pencil; the second stroke is a single slanting line

Reader's note: Unused: no stamp, postmark, address or message. No publisher is printed; the front carries the number No. 4219.

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