Description
A tree-lined Washington Avenue in Detroit, Michigan, is pictured on this vintage postcard, showcasing a large building in the background. The card was mailed from Detroit on March 27, 1908 to Mrs. C. P. Van Alst in New York. This early 20th-century postcard, copyrighted in 1904, features a 1-cent Benjamin Franklin stamp and a charming handwritten message.
Front Text (cleaned):
Washington Avenue, Detroit, Mich.
3/27/08
May
Back Text (cleaned):
Copyright 1904 by the Rotograph Co.
POSTAGE
PAID
1908
MIC
Mrs. C. P. Van Alst,
Union Hill,
Monroe Co.,
N.Y.
5.26.
This side for the address.
Dear Cousin, your card
reached me before I left home.
I will write you a few lines
on my return to Pt. Huron.
Love to all,
May.
