LDub writes of the exterior: "The garden was built by Ulysses Grant Barr who was also one of the organizers of Lancaster's Meadia Heights Golf Club. The garden was located just past the golf club where Mr. Barr resided. ... In 1928 workmen began to blast rock to form the different levels of the flower garden. It took four years to complete the entire garden. ... In 1933 fountains and lights were added."
A 2022 article by LNP | LancasterOnline's Erin Negley adds: "People could come here from Lancaster city, often by trolley, to see the terraced gardens and fountain or the neighboring golf course." Negley adds that when the house was purchased by its newest owners in 2018, the main structure on the 8.5-acre property had nearly 8,000 square feet of space. Some smart and needed renovation downsized that figure.
There's no year legible on this postcard's postmark, but the one-cent stamp used was first issued in December 1936. It was mailed to an address in Lancaster and the cursive, pencil message states:
Dear Billy,I am having a swell time. I'm taking horse back riding this year. Try and come to see me. Please write my address is:Camp WinnemontN.H.I will write again but not so soon.Lovingly,Your Make Believe Cousin, Polly
Camp Winnemont was a summer camp for girls in New Hampshire founded by Walter H. Bentley, who died in 1945. The camp kept going for nearly two more decades after this death. A 2006 post on Winnipesaukee Forum states: "I went to that wonderful camp in... '62 and '63 - that was the very last year that the camp was going to exist and we were all devastated!!"
Another post on that forum contains this cute Winnemont song that dates to the 1930s:
Oh I'm a hayseed
My hair is seaweed
And my ears are made of leather
And they flop in rainy weather.
Gosh-a-hemlock
Tough as a pine knot
I'm from Winnemont you see.
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