The description on the front of the card:
City Park Scene, Columbus, O.
Handcolored.
Year printed on card: 1905
Printed in: Germany
Era: Undivided Back Era
Condition: Unused
City Park is currently named Schiller Park after Friedrich Schiller. The name was changed to Washington Park during World War I due to the anti-German sentiment at the time. It was changed back to Schiller Park in 1930. The park is open to the public just south of Downtown Columbus in the German Village neighborhood.
Published by:
Rotograph Co., N.Y. City
The Rotograph Company, based in New York City, was a prominent publisher and printer of postcards from 1904 to 1911. Founded by Germans Arthur Schwarz and Ludwig Knackstedt, it served as the American branch of Neue Photographische Gesellschaft, renowned for its high-quality photographic products.
Many of their early cards were reprints of black and white or hand-colored National Art postcards and were printed without any letter prefixes. Some of these cards include the Sol Art Prints logo.
This card appears to be in Style H, a view that was printed in a sharply defined collotype that was hand-colored.
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Rights Info: Public Domain
