Name/Title
MYRTLE AVE., MONROVIA, CAL.Entry/Object ID
97.16.1.9Description
Postcard: A colored postcard showing Myrtle Avenue, the main thoroughfare of Monrovia, looking north toward the San Gabriel Mountains, which are in the background. Buildings on left and right of the street are commercial structures, whose contents cannot be determined. There are cars and horse-drawn vehicles moving on the street and parked on it. Portions of many of the buildings are colorized in red. Details include power poles and wires, unpaved roads, and a person seen at right. The card was used, written on 3 February 1913 by a person named Bill and sent to Cochran West & Co. of Cleveland. Published by Western Publishing & Novelty Co. of Los Angeles and purchased from dealer Jim Reid, the card is in fair condition with edge wear, discoloration, and small stains on the reverse. Text: "Monrovia, Cal./Feb. 3-13/We are sitting in/the Park writing/this aft-noon/Have had some ----/Fishers oranges are O.K./Sunshine every/day was of 40/Nite Low Thur day/Bill."Lexicon
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Written Communication T & E, Postcards, Cochran West & Co., Monrovia (Calif.), Streets--Monrovia (Calif.)