Duffield/Sisson Postcards No. 29

Continuing in the series of postcards from 1908-1914 is No. 29, sent from Joliet, Illinois. These postcards were discovered last year in the Sierra Madre, California home of Warren Brown after his death. They were saved by his maternal grandparents, Edith Amy Duffield (1864-1926) and Charles Herman Sisson (1868-1927), and passed down to Warren, my husband’s cousin. Charles and Edith were married in Ottawa, Illinois in 1895 and remained there until the early 1920s when they moved west to Los Angeles, California. 

Glimpse of Tower from Upper Lake, Dellwood Park, Joliet, Ill.

Dellwood Park was built by the Chicago & Joliet Electric Railway Company and opened July 4, 1905. It was one of the most beautiful parks in all of Illinois. Located just north of Joliet in Lockport, it was one of the most popular destinations in the area. The parks location on the rail line tempted visitors travelling to and from Chicago to stop for a visit, which is probably exactly why it was built in the first place.

Postmarked 21 Jul 1910 in Joliet, Ill. 

This postcard isn't addressed, but I believe it's from Edith's little sister Eva (Duffield) Green. She was the author of card 28 and we will visit her again on card 30, where she mentions she passed through Joliet.