Postmarked 4 January 1944
Message:
Thank you I liked your card very much. So let's exchange again soon. I'll be you seen some beautiful scenes on your trip to Pensacola. Next time I'll try to have a card from my hometown to exchange with you. / Bessie Barnstable / Edwarsdville, Illinois / R. R. #4Forest Park opened in 1876, and now houses many St. Louis attractions garnering over 12 million visitors a year.
"I present to you, the people of St. Louis, your own, this large and beautiful Forest Park for enjoyment of yourselves, your children and your children's children forever ... The rich and poor, the merchant and mechanic, the professional man and day laborer, each with his family and lunch basket, can come here and enjoy his own ... all without stint or hindrance."
Chauncy F. Shultz
June 24, 1876
Opening Ceremony for Forest Park
