Deering Oaks Park is a 55-acre public park in Portland. Characterized by its red and white oaks, the park was unlit at night for its first century in keeping with designer William Goodwin’s concept of it as a natural landscape. It is pictured here from the Forest Avenue Post Office across the street.

The land that eventually became Deering Oaks Park in Portland was once part of the 260-acre Nathaniel Deering farm. The land was deeded to the City by Henry Deering in 1879, resulting in the park designed by city civil engineer William Goodwin, with later introduction of a bandstand (1883), Victorian duck house and fountain (1887), Castle (a warming hut for pond skaters in 1894), playground (1902), and rose garden (1930s).

The caption reads, "Deering's Oaks from Post Office, Portland, Maine."

The Tichnor Brothers printing company published this type of postcard circa 1938.