Description: Hartford, CONNECTICUT - Elizabeth Park - Pond House - 1918: Elizabeth Park is a city park located in Hartford and West Hartford, Connecticut. It covers 102 acres (41 ha) and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The site was previously owned by financier Charles M. Pond of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad and Hartford National Bank, and a treasurer of Connecticut (1870–71). In 1894 he bequeathed his estate to the City of Hartford with the stipulation that it be named for his deceased wife, Elizabeth. The city took possession in 1897 and engaged the famed Olmsted and Son for landscaping. In 1904 the park's first superintendent, Theodore Wirth, created its renowned Rose Garden (2.5 acres or 1.0 ha). It is the oldest municipal rose garden in the United States, currently containing about 15,000 bushes of 800 rose varieties. In the 1970s the city decided it could no longer afford the garden, and initially proposed plowing it under, until volunteers banded together and came to the rescue. This White Border Era postcard, mailed in 1918, is in good condition. C. T. American Art Company No. A-25679. Pub. Morris Berman. New Haven, CT.
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Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Unit of Sale: Single Unit
Size: Standard (5.5x3.5 in)
Material: Paper
Year Manufactured: 1918
City: Hartford
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Brand/Publisher: Curt Teich
Subject: Pond House
Continent: North America
Type: Printed (Lithograph)
Era: White Border (1915-1930)
Region: Connecticut
Country: United States
Theme: Architecture, Cities & Towns, Floral & Gardens, Flowers & Plants, Landscapes, Elizabeth Park
Features: Panoramic
Time Period Manufactured: 1900-1919
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Postage Condition: Posted
