Mrs. W. M. Fulton lived in Rowlandville, now a census-designated place near the community of Conowingo in Cecil County of north-central Maryland.
Near the Susquehanna River, this small community had grown up around a mill, marble works, and a railroad station that was served by two rail lines.
https://roadsidethoughts.com/md/rowlandsville-xx-cecil-genealogy.htm
In May of 1916, Mrs. Fulton received a postcard from Abbie.
Abbie mailed the postcard from Wilmington, the port in northern Delaware and the largest city in the State.
In 1916, Wilmington was a center of industry, commerce, and transportation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilmington,_Delaware
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The face of the postcard is a drawing of the steamship, “City of Chester”, arriving in Wilmington.
It is a night view – the scene illuminated by a moon partially-obscured and by the rows of lights gleaming from the vessel.
On the reverse a blurb informs us that this Delaware River steamship carried passengers between Philadelphia and Wilmington.
We have seen other examples of postcard art that reflect the important role that steamboats (now vanished) played in transportation.
(“Aunt Clara by the Sea”, “Steamboats on the Mississippi”, “Excursion to Broad Ripple”. and, “Cruise to Hawaii”)
One of the attractions of the early twentieth century is the opportunity to experience travel by ship on the rivers and coastlines of the US.
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On the reverse, Abbie gives a report of recent events.
After “a busy day”, Abbie “found time to get this (postcard) off tonight.”
Abbie plans to make a trip as she writes, “We are going out to Oxford Monday eve.”
There, “we will stay all night at John’s and coming home Tuesday eve.”
Mrs. Fulton seems to have appreciated the steamboat art as she preserved the postcard in good condition throughout her life.
One hopes that Abbie enjoyed her visit to Oxford, that she returned safely to Wilmington, and that she continued to find time to maintain her correspondence with Mrs. Fulton.
