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Camp among the pines, Kings River Canyon, CA, circa 1907

Subjects
Camping & HikingForests & Trees
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1907 (Golden Age)
Front of Camp among the pines, Kings River Canyon, CA, circa 1907, EDW. H. MITCHELL, CA, USA, c. 1907 lithograph postcard
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Back of Camp among the pines, Kings River Canyon, CA, circa 1907, EDW. H. MITCHELL, CA, USA, c. 1907 lithograph postcard
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About this postcard

A party of four men in Western dress make camp beneath towering sugar pines, with a pack outfit of saddles and gear hung on a rail behind them, rifles propped against a trunk and bedrolls spread on the ground in the foreground. The card's own caption places the scene in Kings River Canyon near Fresno, California, a rugged Sierra Nevada drainage that became a popular destination for pack-train excursions and early tourist photography in the early 1900s. The number 1806 at the left of the caption is a publisher's negative or plate number rather than a date.

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PublisherEDW. H. MITCHELL
1806 — CAMP AMONG THE PINES. KINGS RIVER CANYON, NEAR FRESNO, CAL.
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Postcard record

PublisherEDW. H. MITCHELL
ConditionVery good
PublisherEDW. H. MITCHELL, San Francisco, CA
NotesNarrow white margin around the image; caption printed in red along the bottom edge. Slight wear at corners. No postmark, stamp, address, or message — unused card. Divided back with vertical rule; left edge imprint 'MADE IN AMERICA BY EDW. H. MITCHELL AT SAN FRANCISCO.'; stamp box reads 'PLACE STAMP HERE / DOMESTIC ONE CENT / FOREIGN TWO CENTS'. Light toning/soiling, corners slightly worn.

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Camp among the pines, Kings River Canyon, CA, circa 1907, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/camp-among-the-pines-kings-river-canyon-ca-circa-1907. Accessed November 2, 2026.