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Bathing lake and picnic grounds at Pocalla Springs, near Sumter, South Carolina

Subjects
Bathing & Beach ResortsLakes & PondsSwimming & Bathing
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1930 (White Border)
Front of Bathing lake and picnic grounds at Pocalla Springs, near Sumter, South Carolina, c. 1930 lithograph postcard
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Back of Bathing lake and picnic grounds at Pocalla Springs, near Sumter, South Carolina, c. 1930 lithograph postcard
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About this subject

Bathers in period bathing suits swim and wade in a tree-ringed lake at Pocalla Springs, with a tall wooden swing frame carrying riders out over the water. A wooden pavilion stands at the right, and figures rest on the shore beneath the trees.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pencil

Dear Mary I am well and hope you the same. I will arrive in Florida tomorrow and when I get my suit will write. Please do miss you. Herman Schmidt

SHADY PICNIC GROUNDS WITH TABLES AND SWINGS FREE TO THE PUBLIC. Pocalla Springs supplies 29,000 gallons mineral water per hour. This beautiful resort is situated 2 miles from Sumter, S. C. on the La Fayette Highway. EXCELLENT CAMPING GROUNDS. THE CLIMATE IS UNEXCELLED. FULL STOCK OF BATHING SUITS TO RENT OR SELL. DANCE PAVILION EQUIPPED WITH ELECTRIC PIANO. THE LAKE AND ALL DRESSING ROOMS ARE LIGHTED WITH ELECTRICITY. --- POST CARD COMMERCIALCHROME 60496
PostmarkedNorfolk, VA
Stamp
Addressed to
Mary Demuth

1503 Monticello Ave, Norfolk, VA

Postcard record

PostmarkedNorfolk, VA
ConditionGood
Place addressedMary Demuth, 1503 Monticello Ave, Norfolk, VA
Place depictedPocalla Springs, Sumter, SC
Stamp2c George Washington, red, issued 1902
NotesWhite border on all sides; printed advertising text on the front. Minor corner wear and a small tear/crease at the upper right edge. Postmark: NORFOLK VA (date illegible). Divided-back Commercialchrome card, pencil message, light edge wear.

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Bathing lake and picnic grounds at Pocalla Springs, near Sumter, South Carolina, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/bathing-lake-and-picnic-grounds-at-pocalla-springs-near-sumt. Accessed October 5, 2026.