Big Stony Beach on Spirit Lake, Iowa, with rowboats and canoes pulled up on the rocky shore beside a low wooden pier. A man in a hat and shirtsleeves stands on the pier while two people sit in a boat, and a wooded shoreline stretches across the water. The writer reports a week's vacation at the lake and fishing so good that they had never seen so many bullheads in one place. Spirit Lake is one of the Iowa Great Lakes, a chain of glacial lakes in northwest Iowa that drew summer visitors for boating and fishing.
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pen
Thursday, July 27th.
Hello Jake & Eva-
We are spending a week up here
having a nice time. Lots of fishing-
In fact I never saw so many
bull-heads in one place. Nor
so many game fish. Thanks for your
nice letter Jake. Will write you when
we get home. Mary & Klewl, still in
Auburn. Expect to be called
any time. E.L.
Black-and-white real photo print with white caption lettering in the negative; light surface scratches and speckling, no white border.
Postmark: SPIRIT LAKE IOWA JUN 28 10:30 AM 1950. Divided-back real-photo card (matte/other finish), no white border; light edge wear; dealer pencil note "#4.00 RML5" at top.
Cite this card
Big Stony Beach, Spirit Lake, IA, 1950, postcard, c. 1950. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/big-stony-beach-spirit-lake-ia-1950. Accessed November 2, 2026.
