This is one of my favorite postcards; I ended up with 2 of them both postmarked 1909. The photographer would have had to have been standing at the entrance (perhaps on the stairs) of The Pavilion and facing The Promenade & Waiting Area. By this time the ugly wooden electric poles had been replaced with elegant light posts and light fixtures. People gathered on the benches to wait for their friends and family to arrive. The young girl on the right is eating an ice cream cone. Note the straw hats for men and decorated, large hats for women that were all the rage in the early 1900s. Everyone looks so happy. Perhaps they were waiting for a dance to start.
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