Miss Elizabeth Remster lived in Alloway, a census-designated place within Alloway Township of southwest New Jersey.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alloway_Township,_New_Jersey
(I am not certain of the spelling of Elizabeth’s surname. Readers may make their own determination from the scan below.)
NOTE: I believe that the recipient is Elizabeth J. Remster (1888-1968); the Remster family was prominent in Alloway Township since the immigration from Amsterdam of the family patriarch circa 1700.
In July of 1909, Elizabeth received a postcard from her friend, Helen.
Helen mailed the postcard from Providence, the capital city, college town, and cultural center of Rhode Island.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence,_Rhode_Island
The face of the postcard is a lovely photograph of stately birch trees surrounding a pond in Roger Williams Park.
Providence was founded by Roger Williams, the gentle dissenter who was exiled from the stern theocracy of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1636.
Williams was a staunch advocate for religious freedom, separation of church and state,and fair dealings with the Native Americans.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Williams
Roger Williams Park, an elaborately-landscaped city park of 427 acres, was willed to the city of Providence by the last living descendant of Roger Williams in 1872.
The Park includes what was the the original homestead and farm of Roger Williams.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Williams_Park
(To my chagrin, I confess that I have visited Providence a dozen times and never explored this park.)
This charming postcard photograph was published by the Rhode Island News Company of Providence.
The postcard was “Made in Germany” – Dresden, Leipzig, or Berlin.
It was printed by the trademarked “Litho-Chrome” process.
(German printers were zealous to protect by trademarks the processes that allowed them to dominate color printing in the early 20th century.)
On the reverse, Helen reports tersely, “In Prov. once more.”
She adds more charmingly, “Wish you were with me.”
Elizabeth seems to have enjoyed this sight of natural beauty; the postcard was well-preserved throughout her life.
One hopes that Helen enjoyed her visit to Providence and that the friends maintained a correspondence for many years.
