This postcard was not mailed, but bears the name of “Mrs. D. A. Long”.
In an earlier postcard story, we saw a comic postcard mailed to Mrs. D. A. Long in Shippensburg, PA:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shippensburg,_Pennsylvania
“A Pointed Suggestion”, a humorous drawing of a dignified gentleman sitting on a tack, was mailed to Mrs. Long from Aspers, PA in 1906.
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The face of this postcard is a photograph of the “Ohio River by Moonlight”.
The Ohio River, which arises at Pittsburgh Pennsylvania and forms the boundary between the States of Ohio and Kentucky, empties into the Mississippi River at Cairo, Illinois.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_River
Before the construction of railroad lines between population centers in the US, rivers were the main corridors for the movement of produce, raw materials, and passengers.
The cities of Cincinnati, Louisville, and Evansville developed around ports on the Ohio River – as did dozens of smaller towns and communities.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Populated_places_on_the_Ohio_River
While scows and barges could be employed for many stretches of waterways, the steamboat was the primary vehicle of trade and transportation throughout the enormous network of rivers in the center of the US.
In this scene, we see a Steamboat moored at night beside smaller craft.
One of the boats bears the name “Cincinnati”.
Printed in Germany, the postcard was published by Kraemer Art Company of Cincinnati (Ohio) and Leipzig (Germany).
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Today, it is possible to make tourist excursions on Steamboats, but these picturesque boats are no longer powered by giant coal-fed boilers and they are no longer significant carriers of goods or produce
In 1906, steamboats still plied the Ohio River, but their usefulness had already peaked.
It may be that Mrs. Long wished to preserve the romantic sight that was already beginning to vanish.
https://www.clermontparks.org/news/entry/a-brief-history-of-steamboats-the-end-of-an-era
