Here's another one. The caption on the front is the same as what was written on the original photo in white (other than the misspelling...). Note it say General Grant, not President Grant, so the photo was prior to his election. Was this taken during the Civil War? A Matthew Brady?
The first handwritten line on the back starts ''Malone June 5''. It's hard to make out, but the postmark is from Malone, NY. The mailing date is June 5, and I think it's 1912. No idea what the address says other than Cal(ifornia?)
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Another fun postcard, PB, thanks. I checked that stamp first, it might be a 1908 to 1909 Franklin, or a 1910 to 1911 Franklin, I can't tell which.
I am puzzled by the Grant photo. The earliest mention I could find of Pine Camp was in 1907. I certainly didn't know this, but President Grant had a son, one Frederick Dent Grant who was a Brigadier General himself. He was in charge of training ten thousand troops at Pine Camp, NY back in 1908.
https://dmna.ny.gov/forts/fortsM_P/pineCamp.htm And yet the title on that card does say U.S. Grant. Those tents do look like the ones used during the Civil War.
I came across a Hammonton, California, which is what the town name on the card looks like to me.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammonton,_California I know, sometimes it is damn hard to decipher the handwriting on the backs of postcards. What makes it hard for me is when someone writes real small and fills every little space up with lettering. Kind of tedious, but sometimes you can enlarge the words enough to make them out.
@Spookcat is expert at making words out. She has helped me out a number of times.