I'm leaving the Views of the World Collection for awhile, but I am staying in California. This card was published by The M. Rieder Company of Los Angeles. M. Rieder was in business from 1901 to 1915. Their cards printed in Germany. There is a photo credit on this one. C. Ironmonger. Charles Frederick Ironmonger was born in Ohio in 1868, moved to L.A. in 1892 and went to work in the photo studio of Charles Betts Waite. When Waite moved to Mexico, in 1895, Ironmonger moved to Avalon on Catalina and opened the first photo studio on the island. His bread and butter was photos of fishermen with their catches, but he also took a number of landscapes, and photos of everyday island life. He died in 1915. This card was post marked, "AVALON AUG 20 6:30 A.M. 1907 CALIF." It was mailed to Mrs E. Behne, 799 Kohler St., Los Angeles, Calif." The message on the front is faded, but we can make some of it out, "Dear Mama, I am having a fine time in Catalina (something) and Anti and Mrs (someone and something) I went fishing today and caught (continued on the image-something, something) albacore." More than likely Mama's son or daughter got home before this card was delivered.
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