Rustic Stairway, Syndicate Park, South Omaha, Neb.
Description
Color postcard (13.5 cm x 8.5 cm) with a view of Syndicate Park, later Spring Lake Park, South Omaha, Nebraska. The rustic stairway made of timber curves up the side of a steep hill with a woman in white shirt, black skirt, large hat and purse sitting on the railing near the bottom. The title is on the bottom of the card. The reverse side has a date of May 31, 1913 written in ink but no message.
Originally laid out by the South Omaha Land Company in 1884, the park contained 108 acres. Property disputes reduced the size to 36.8 acres in 1892. Syndicate Park was renamed Spring Lake Park. The triangular shaped area is bordered by 22nd Street on the west and Hoctor Boulevard on the south and northeast. Source: Wakeley, Arthur. Omaha: The Gate City and Douglas County Nebraska, Chicago: S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, c1917, p. 161.
