Condition:
Original vintage unused postcard. Unwritten and unposted with no stamp. Age-related edge and corner wear, light surface marks and minor spotting consistent with age. Please see both photographs for exact condition.

Description:
Original early colour postcard depicting The Arboretum, Derby, Derbyshire.

A particularly appealing period scene showing the Arboretum's fountain and gardens crowded with adults and children, including a period baby carriage/pram, with paths, flower beds and lamp visible.

Captioned “The Arboretum, Derby.” and numbered JWS 2216.

The divided reverse is unused and includes the early postal instruction “A Half-Penny Stamp To Be Placed Here.”

An excellent local and social-history image with interest for collectors of Derby, Derby Arboretum, Edwardian parks and gardens, fountains, children and early 20th-century postcards.

Item specifics:

• Subject: The Arboretum
• Location: Derby, Derbyshire
• Card number: JWS 2216
• Type: Printed colour postcard
• Era: Early 1900s / Edwardian
• Postage condition: Unposted
• Theme: Parks & Gardens / Social History / Children / Fountain / Derby