'We live 4 Blocks East and 1 north of this Place'

Title

'We live 4 Blocks East and 1 north of this Place'

Subject

Public scene; period clothing; sailboats; boardwalk; pier; dock; coast; marine

Description

This card depicts a public scene in the 1920s or 1930s. Formally dressed family groups and individuals walk along a boardwalk pier which leads to a rotunda built on pilings over the water. Stairs lead down from the rotunda to the water's surface providing boat access from the end of the pier, and several sailboats are visible nearby.


Transcription:

We live 4 Blocks East and 1 north of this Place.

Source

The Ora Bontrager Postcard Collection (BPC)

Date

circa 1930

Format

Paper
8.7 cm x 13.8

Language

English

Type

Postcard

Identifier

BPC 001.1.0, 001.2.0

Files

Bontrager Postcard Collection 001.1.0.jpg
Bontrager Postcard Collection 001.2.0.jpg

Citation

“'We live 4 Blocks East and 1 north of this Place',” The Ora Bontrager Postcard Collection, accessed March 28, 2024, https://bontragercollection.omeka.net/items/show/1.