This is a postcard of a meeting of friends along the Dixie Highway in Florida. It was never sent and there is no date, but you can tell by the look of the autos it was early 1910's or 1920's and the lack of any traffic on the road. The Dixie Highway looks much different now and no one stops to chat..
Neat old postcard!
I'm thinking it looks like a marriage proposal with some folks agreeing on bringing the two together along that road. I'm a dreamer. Ha!
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