Postcard of Japanese Cherry Blossoms on Riverside Drive

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Object Details

Author

Curt Teich & Co

B.S. Reynolds Co. Washington, DC

Summary

Color postcard of Japanese cherry blossoms in full bloom on Riverside Drive in Washington, D.C. The Washington Monument is in the center background, and the Potomac River is in the right foreground. The postcard is unused, but the message side has a printed note: "These beautiful Japanese Cherry Blossom Trees which line Riverside Drive, Potomac Park, are a gift of the Japanese Government to the United States Government. In the Spring of the year they are a most beautiful sight and might suggest to the traveler a scene in old Nippon itself." The front of the postcard has a white border.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 84, Folder: 29

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

1934

Standard number

SIA2013-06675 (front) and SIA2013-06676 (back)

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Type

Postcard

Linen

Physical description

Number of Images: 2; Color: Color; Size: 5.5w x 3.5h; Type of Image: Postcard; Medium: Linen

Place

Washington (D.C.)

Japan

Potomac River

Data Source

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Topic

Postcard

National monuments

Flowers

Trees

Washington Monument (Washington, D.C.)

Cherry blossoms

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Record ID

siris_sic_13917