Description
This sepia-toned postcard shows a bustling Zanesville, Ohio street scene, complete with trolley tracks and telephone lines. The front features handwritten messages from Farris Pollin, including a mention of Columbus, Ohio. This early 1900s postcard, mailed May 15th, 1901, is a charming glimpse into the past, made in Germany by A. C. Bosselman & Co., New York.
Front Text (cleaned):
American
Union
Insurance
Sams
across
American
Dyeing Cleaning
Frank Vogel
Main St. looking east, Zanesville, O.
Am on
my way
here about an hour
to Columbus, O.
Will
elope next
862
942
All are well home, all well.
Farris Pollin
Back Text (cleaned):
Made in Germany. A. C. Bosselman & Co., New York.
Dost Card.
May 15, 1901 3 P.M.
Miss Hallie Pietr
Box 89, Breckenridge, Mich.
May 16, 1902 6 P.M.








