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Boiling Spring, Hot Springs, Virginia

Subject
Rivers & Streams
Card type
Real photo
Date
c. 1902 (Undivided Back)
Front of Boiling Spring, Hot Springs, Virginia, c. 1902 real photo postcard
Front
Back of Boiling Spring, Hot Springs, Virginia, c. 1902 real photo postcard
Back

About this subject

A black-and-white view of a spring or water feature surrounded by dark rocks, with a white plume of water or steam rising in the center. The caption identifies it as Boiling Spring in Hot Springs, Virginia.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

these lines find a friend as were all the time. [illegible]

BOILING SPRING, HOT SPRINGS, VA. --- POST CARD
PostmarkedHot Springs, VA
Stamp
Addressed to
Mrs E. M. Richardson

Buena Vista, West Va.

Postcard record

PostmarkedHot Springs, VA
ConditionFair
Place addressedMrs E. M. Richardson, Buena Vista, WV
Place depictedBoiling Spring, Hot Springs, VA
Place mentionedHot Springs, VA
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1930
NotesHandwritten message in pen on front; white border. Postmark: HOT SPRINGS AUG [illegible] 7:30 PM 1901. Undivided-back real-photo card; 1c Franklin stamp; pencil dealer marks (113, 3.00) at top left; light soiling.

Cite this card

Boiling Spring, Hot Springs, Virginia, postcard, c. 1902. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/boiling-spring-hot-springs-virginia. Accessed October 5, 2026.