Name/Title
"AN ADOBE AMONG THE ROSES"Entry/Object ID
2004.247.1.1Description
Color: Black; White
"An Adobe Among the Roses" real photo postcard, published by M. Rieder, Los Angeles, and postmarked May 23, 1904. The image shows the adobe home with a tiled roof on a wood addition over the main adobe block, a wood shingled roof on the front portico, a vine growing on the portico, and profuse landscaping in the foreground in front of the structure. At the bottom, within a black banner, is the title and the number "7082" is at the lower left. Near this is the name and location of the publisher. A message, dated May 21, is written on the bottom and right edges of the front, do that the back has the address only, as indicated by printed instruction at the lower left. There is a one-cent stamp and a postmark and cancellation stamp, as well. With corner rubbing, light soiling, browning, stains, and some edge tears, the overall condition is good.Lexicon
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Two-dimensional, Postcards, M. Rieder, Publisher, Adobe houses--Los Angeles County (Calif.), Dwellings--Los Angeles County (Calif.)