Amon Carter print details

Looking Over Lagoon, Washington Park, Chicago

Object Details

  • Date

    ca. 1911

  • Object Type

    Photographs

  • Medium

    Halftone print

  • Contributors

    Published by V. O. Hammon Publishing Co.

  • Object Format

    Postcard

  • Dimensions

    3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.

  • Inscriptions

    Recto:

    l.c. printed: LOOKING OVER LAGOON, WASHINGTON PARK, CHICAGO

    l.l. to l.r. in ink [carried on from Verso]: meet, base-ball game, bathing in Lake Mich, picnics in the park, \ & many other things. Address is: Northern Pacific Hotel, Chicago. \ My loe to your mother. Love from Anna C. Coulehan

    l.r. printed: No. 229. V.O. Hammon Pub. Co., Chicago

    Verso:

    u.l. printed: [logo] VO \ HAMMON \ PUBLISHING CO \ CHICAGO

    u.l. to l.c. in ink [written sideways]: Chicago, Ill. June 27, 1911 \ Dear Ethel,- I wonder if you have \ gone to Breckenridge, as \ you hoped to do? I hope you \ have gone & are having a pleasant \ time. I left Boulder June 2 with \ my friends & have visited friends in \ Lafayette, Ind., Oak Park, Ill., & \ here. Am having a dandy time. \ Weather is scorching some days, \ but not all the time. Have enjoy- \ ed some fine auto rides, an aviation [continued on Recto]

    c. to c.r. in ink: Miss Ethel Bouton \ 126 E Alameda St. \ Denver \ Colo.

  • Collection Name

    Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    P1976.48.698

  • Copyright

    Public domain

Additional details

Location: Off view
Part of: Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection

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