Mr. John E. Fryberger lived in Philipsburg, a borough of Centre County in central Pennsylvania.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philipsburg,_Centre_County,_Pennsylvania
Mr. Fryberger was a prominent citizen – President of the First National Bank, a Director of the Pennsylvania Railroad, and a member of the Finance Committee for the (then) Episcopal Diocese of Harrisburg.
We met the Fryberger family in an early postcard story when “Mac” Fryberger (son of John) received a postcard from his “Aunty” who asked Mac to bring the horse, “Handsome Harry” to meet her at the railroad station.
“Meet Aunty at the Train”
In August of 1910, Mr. Fryberger received a postcard from H. A. Lloyd.
The postcard was mailed from Hamburg, the important industrial city and busy port on the Elbe River estuary that stretches to the North Sea in northern Germany.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamburg
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The face of the postcard is a fine, hand-colored photograph of the “Reeperbahn St. Pauli” in the city of Hamburg.
In past centuries, a street of rope-makers, the “Reeperbahn” district of St. Pauli became an entertainment center in the twentieth century.
One imagines that Mr. Lloyd might have eaten at a restaurant or visited a music hall during his visit to Hamburg.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reeperbahn
By the mid- 20th century, the “Reeperbahn” was one of the largest red-light districts in Europe and was as notorious as Amsterdam for the frank commercialization of legal prostitution.
In the photograph, one sees the wide Avenue on which trolleys operate buildings that look as though they might have been warehouses or factories.
The postcard was printed and published in Germany.
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On the reverse, Mr. Lloyd writes a formal message: “With very best wishes to Mrs. Fryberger and yourself.”
Like all good correspondents, Mr. Lloyd has added the date of his inscription.
One hopes that the trip was enjoyable and successful for Mr. Lloyd ad that he met the Frybergers once more in Phillipsburg.
