Description
Explore the bustling streets of Rumford, Maine, captured in this vintage postcard, showing horse-drawn carts and brick buildings lining Congress Street. A handwritten message mentions a “round broken fuchsia est builder,” hinting at a past visit. This charming postcard dates from approximately the 1910s.
Front Text (cleaned):
6679.
Rumford
Congress St.,
You came to this place before. There
was
a round broken fuchsia est builder.
I don't know just when
Alton will come.
McDonald C
Back Text (cleaned):
Postcard
George J. Robert
Alton, Ill.
