Miss Helen Kline was living in New York City; her address of 29 Claremont Avenue is a beautiful residential building in Morningside Heights – in the Upper West Side of Manhattan.
The 11-story building, erected in 1910, contains 23 apartments for faculty and staff at Columbia University.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claremont_Avenue
I have not yet undertaken research on Helen, but she may be an academic associated with the University.
At the end of August in 1938, Helen received an Art Postcard from a friend with the initials, O. S. R.
OSR mailed the postcard from London, although there are no clues about her residence in that great city.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London
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The face of the postcard is an original drawing of St. Paul’s Cathedral, the great church which still dominated the London skyline in 1938.
I love the Cathedral of St. Paul, for its architectural splendor, historic importance, awe-inspiring adornments, and for its importance to poet, essayist, and priest, John Donne who is buried therein.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Paul%27s_Cathedral
I studied the face of the postcard, trying to determine the media that was used to create the attractive, impressionistic illustration.
Fortunately, there is a descriptive line from the publisher that informs us that this print represents a “New Color- Crayon Process from original drawing by Joseph Pike”.
The postcard, from the “National Series”, was printed in Great Britain.
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On the reverse, we learn that Helen has made summer visits to friends and family members of OSR.
The sender thanks Helen for her “grand letter” and expresses her happiness that Helen “had a good time at Round Lake”.
We learn that “Patsy loved having you”, although two other friends were ill and could not join the visit.
Although she has not yet received mail from home, OSR is sure that the folks at home “enjoyed your visit, too”.
It appears that Helen treasured the artistic souvenir of London as the postcard was preserved in very good condition throughout her life.
One hopes that OSR enjoyed her time in London and had occasion to visit the magnificent Church represented on her postcard.
