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Lovers Lane, Saint Jo b/w Photos by John E. Pollock Postcards. 1907Entry/Object ID
AM1965.23.11Scope and Content
Lovers Lane, Saint Jo b/w Photos by John E. Pollock Postcards. 1907. Ten postcards of a 12 card series produced as a promotion for The Wathena, No.4 is not included in the donation.
Each card has a different b/w photo depicting the subject of a stanza in the Eugene Field poem, Lovers Lane, Saint Jo. Views include the lane itself in different seasons, young couple in horse-drawn carriage or on the lawn beside. Also scenes that depict London scenes.
65.23.11A = No.1 Photo of older couple at home holding hands. Stanza: "Saint Jo, Buchanan County is leagues and leagues away; And I sit in the gloom of this rented room And pine to be there today>"
65.23.11B = No. 2. Photo of dirt lane, tree-lined. Stanza: "Yes, with the London fog around me..."
65.23.12 = No. 3. Photo of young couple seated in horse-drawn carriage on the lane. Stanza: "I would have a brown-eyed maiden Go driving once again."
65.23.13 = No. 5. Photo of young couple kissing in horse-drawn carriage on lane. Stanza: "But the maples they should shield us From the gossips of the place."
65.23.14 = No. 6. Photo of young couple in horse-drawn carriage on the lane with the woman's head on man's shoulder Stanza: "And the girl should do the driving, For a fellow can't, you know..."
65.23.15 = No. 7. Photo of young woman seated on grass holding her hand to young man standing. Stanza: "Ah. seet the hours of springtime, When the heart includes to woo."
65.23.16 = No. 8 Photo the lane in winter with wagon tracks, stump of a tree. Stanza: "But cruel the age of winter When the way of the world says no..."
65.23.17 = No. 9. Photo of interior of commercial shop. Stanza: "In the Union Bank of London Are forty pound or more."
65.23.18 = No. 10. Photo of dirt lane with trees lining, telephone pole on right. Stanza: "But I'd give it all and gladly If for an hour or so."
65.23.19 = No. 11. Photo of young couple in horse-drawn carriage on the lane, Man facing woman. Stanza: "Let us sit awhile, beloved And dream of the good old days."
65.23.20 = No. 12. Photo of old man & woman seated in their home. Stanza: "With your head upon my shoulder And my arm about you so. Though exiles, we shall seem to be In Lovers Lane, Saint Jo.Lexicon
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