I thought the divided/undivided happened in 1907. Regardless, the back shown above with the undivided back isn't a true undivided back in that it has on the left side "Correspondence" which in and of itself indicated it IS adivided back. The "undivided" back postcards did not allow for any writing on the back of the postcard--you were to write on the front only, the entire back was meant for the address alone. Thus, there would never have been the words "Correspondence" written on the back of one of those. Just because it doesn't have a line seperating the two sides doesn't mean it was an early undivided back postcard.
I also want to clarify that I personally think this postcard is one of the cooler ones ever produced, and having family that live in Idaho I would love to own one one day, I just have a few issues with the dating and whether this card actually belonged to Walter himself.
-Rhett
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