I got this postcard of the lily pond at Horticultural Hall in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for 25 cents, I think at a postcard meeting.
But I’m hoping that the message on the back is a joke!
“Hello Folks- Thanks for “scrappy” scrap book- it’s swell. Don’t tell anyone but all my victims lie under the surface of this pond. Each spray marks the spot. There’s a little more room left. Am open for suggestions. Cordially (name cut off by scanner or nonexistent).”
I laughed when I first read the message because I’ve never seen anything like it. I assume it is a joke because if someone had actually dumped bodies in this pond, why would they send it in a postcard? But you never know. The card was mailed in September of 1945.
Creepy! Somebody had an odd sense of humor.
Yes, indeed!