THROUGH THESE GATES:
LINWOOD PARK

This is the earliest view of the entrance to Linwood Park that I know of, and was published in 1895 in the EVANGELICAL ALBUM, published by the Evangelical Messenger that was published in Cleveland.

This view was used for the front cover drawing of my book

Postcards provide a wonderful record of the past, as you will see on these pages.  The characteristics of the cards changed over time, and help date the time of publication (Post Card History).  Often different postcard publishers used the same image, but with a different format card.  Many of the Linwood Park cards in my collection are by different publishers, but using the same original image, and I will note that.  Following are the cards I have of the Linwood Park Entrance, and if you have one that I do not picture here, I would love to hear of it.

The card I show of the gate on top of the main page was published by Alexander Mfg. Co. in Sandusky (F. 196).  I have two of these cards, one postmarked in 1908 and the other in 1911.

The card to the left only has the number 29309 on it. A divided back, circa 1910

"Picnic Day at Linwood Park" published by Geo. F Wahl, Vermilion.  I have two versions of this card.  The white border to the left was mailed in 1918, and I have an earlier version without the border.

John D. Rockefeller was said to have sponsored train trips to Linwood for Sunday School groups, and supposedly this card shows one such group.


Mailed in 1923, this card (above) shows the Entrance to Linwood Park with two early 1920s touring cars. The sign on the left leaning against the fence reads: "Hotel Linwood Now Open"
This card (mailed in 1939), and published by the Vermilion News, shows a transition of the gate from the card on the left, and the CurtTeich card below. Do you see the subtle differences?

This "Linen Card" by the CurtTeich Company in Chicago was published in 1946

Not much has changed from this card published in the 1960s from the one above

This card, published by Richard Koontz, Vermilion, was mailed to me in 1965

The scene to the right of  "the gate" is just as you will see "the gate" today (even with the tilted speed limit sign).  This card was published by the Muzilla's who operated "the stand" in the late 1970s.