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Arch at Entrance to Starin Place, Fultonville, N.Y. Postcard

Postcard with a black and white image of a castle-like structure with two arches, surrounded by trees, captioned, “Arch at Entrance to Starin Place, Fultonville, N.Y.”/tiles/collection/2/23177.xml
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Reverse of postcard, stamped and postmarked, with partially obscured address reading “N.Y.,” and handwritten text reading, “June 19, 1918. Ada. Tell Edith. Dear Sister, I am send this card let you know that we are coming up Sunday afternoon to Jim tell them if you will about us Err’s mother is going to bring us up in car & if you want to come back with us you can & stay few day or week with us what time did your go back a Saturday night We are all well & hope you the same good by”/tiles/collection/2/23176.xml
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Postcard with a black and white image of a castle-like structure with two arches, surrounded by trees, captioned, “Arch at Entrance to Starin Place, Fultonville, N.Y.”
Reverse of postcard, stamped and postmarked, with partially obscured address reading “N.Y.,” and handwritten text reading, “June 19, 1918. Ada. Tell Edith. Dear Sister, I am send this card let you know that we are coming up Sunday afternoon to Jim tell them if you will about us Err’s mother is going to bring us up in car & if you want to come back with us you can & stay few day or week with us what time did your go back a Saturday night We are all well & hope you the same good by”
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Date

1918

Publisher

Ess and Ess Photo Co., Inc., New York

Dimensions

3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (8.9 x 14 cm)

Accession Number

2013.121.000

Credit Line

Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives

Object Details

Fabulous estates and famous owners often showed up on postcards in the early 1900s. This card, sent home by visitor Ada Smith to her sister Grace, showed the colossal arched gateway to Starin Place. Representative John Starin of Fultonville, New York, kept a house and grounds so grand that he employed 110 gardeners. Oranges, figs, and rare ferns made Starin's greenhouse a tropical wonder.

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