Mr. and Mrs. William Rinehart lived on a Rural Delivery Route outside Lancaster, PA.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancaster,_Pennsylvania

Sometime around 1920, the Rineharts received a postcard from Kate.

Kate mailed the postcard from Milford, a coastal city on the Long Island Sound between New Haven and Bridgeport in south-central Connecticut.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milford,_Connecticut

Kate may have misremembered the address of the Rineharts, or the Rineharts may have moved, as the address written by Kate is crossed out with a penciled note – “Unknown”.

A mark in dark pencil, presumably by a helpful postmaster, notes the correct Delivery Route – #5.

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The face of the postcard is a charming view of “Walnut Beach” at Milford.

A row of cottages, each with an overhanging second story to provide a shaded porch, line the shore.

Each cottage has a small front yard; a boardwalk provides a “street” along the beach.

The structures are higher than the sandy shore – wooden stairs descend from the boardwalk in front of each cottage.

In this view, we see figures sitting and standing on the boardwalk, standing on the beach, or playing in the water.       

In 1923, an amusement park was constructed at Walnut Beach, and the boardwalk was extended.

The amusement park closed sometime around 1960.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walnut_Beach

The postcard was published by the firm of Midas & Hahn of New Haven, CT.

 It was printed in the United states by a firm in New York City.       

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On the reverse, Kate has written a breezy note:

“Wish you were here and see me swim ha ha”.

One hoes that Kate enjoyed her visit to Milford and that the Rineharts were pleased by postcard view.   

The face of the postcard has two large areas where the face is blank.

Initially. I assumed that the postcard suffered some serious damage either in the mail or by improper storage.

The reverse, however, shows no signs of damage -so I suspect that the scene may be a photograph in which the film was damaged, perhaps in printing..

I made digital repairs to restore the pleasing sight.