Description
This colorized postcard shows a bustling Plainfield, N.J. street scene with red brick buildings, trolleys, and horse-drawn carriages. The sepia-toned image features muted browns, greens, and blacks, capturing a charming early 20th-century moment. Postmarked Philadelphia, October 30th, this postcard dates from approximately the 1910s.
Front Text (cleaned):
SOMERSET ST., PLAINFIELD, N.J.
NE
Back Text (cleaned):
ADDRESS ONLY
ONE CENT
Miss Helen Bonk,
Young 216
FOR CORRESPONDENCE
PHILADELPHIA
Oct 30
I reached Philadelphia yesterday and am
doing the city up.
The rest, Helen.
Will see you.
Your chum
