Still Standing after 130 Years!!

The picture on the front of this post card is from between 1890 and March 1, 1907. For many years the train traffic across Main Street in Springfield, Massachusetts crossed at grade level. This blocked traffic and caused

some backups of vehicle traffic. Part of this was because the trains moving west quickly came to wye after crossing main street. The wye helped them either to go north or to go south along the Connecticut River. Negotiating the wye could not be done at a high speed so the longer trains took longer to cross Main Street. In 1890 the city built a bridge over Main Street so the trains could do their thing and the vehicles could do theirs. The arch bridge is still there today. This is what someone posted on line:

On March 1, 1907 the United States Postal Service allowed people to put their messages (not only the address) on the flip-side of the post card. So this card is from between 1890 and March 1, 1907. The back of the post card reveals that it is part of a series - No. 740 out of

I don't know how many. It was published by The Springfield News Company. The card itself was printed over in Germany, like so many post cards of the day. You will notice that in the bottom left of the card the United States Postal Service reminds the sender that this side can only contain the address. That is why the picture on the front has a rectangular blank space on the right-hand side, instead of a larger picture.