Description
A charming, tree-lined street scene in Fort Wayne, Indiana, graces this vintage postcard, showing houses and a towered home in muted greens, browns, and grays. The postcard, mailed from 129 Wayne Street on October 9th, was addressed to Dr. Eder Dorothy Jean in Dexter, Michigan. This lovely off-white postcard, featuring a green one-cent stamp, dates from approximately the 1910s.
Front Text (cleaned):
129 Wayne Street, West from Broadway, Fort Wayne, Ind.
Saturday, October 9
Back Text (cleaned):
U.S. POSTAGE
POST CARD
Dr. M. C. Phelps
Dexter,
Mich.
Dear Dr. Eder Dorothy Jean:
How are you all, Martha?
Or busier than a bee in a carry?
Commence using the
letters, &
(any snap, murmur)
up to about getting the
carpenter
voice.
Did yard chime
unity, 87
wigs come. It's Ed
had only a dream
this
was








