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Canoe on a northwoods lake, Aniwa, Wisconsin, 1936

Subjects
Boating & CanoeingGeneral GreetingsLakes & Ponds
Card type
Linen
Date
c. 1936 (Linen)
Front of Canoe on a northwoods lake, Aniwa, Wisconsin, 1936, Miss Harriet Gerner, WI, USA, c. 1936 linen postcard
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Back of Canoe on a northwoods lake, Aniwa, Wisconsin, 1936, Miss Harriet Gerner, WI, USA, c. 1936 linen postcard
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About this postcard

A dark canoe lies drawn up on the shore of a quiet northern Wisconsin lake, with pines and leafy hardwoods framing the water at sunset. The printed greeting names Aniwa, a small community in Shawano County in the lake country of north-central Wisconsin, and the scene matches the area's summer resort character: calm water, mixed forest, and a canoe ready for a paddle. The handwritten note reports "having a grand time getting tanned," a typical summer vacation update from the northwoods. Aniwa and nearby Birnamwood were among the small lake towns that drew summer visitors from Milwaukee and other cities in the 1930s.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Hello there: am having a grand time getting tanned not so very hot here and we are getting fish hope to see u out about noon and find vacation your [illegible] Mrs. J. Feigly

PublisherMYET
Greetings from ANIWA, WISCONSIN
PostmarkedBIRNAMWOOD, WI, July 20, 1936, 18:00
Stamp
Addressed to
Miss Harriet Gerner

General Hospital Nurses Residence Wauwatosa, WI

Postcard record

Postmarked, BIRNAMWOOD, WI
PublisherMYET
Series37602
ConditionVery good
Place addressedMiss Harriet Gerner, Nurses Residence, General Hospital, Wauwatosa, WI
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1930, perforated on all sides
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, perforated on all sides
NotesWhite border; visible linen (crosshatch) texture; card number 37602 printed in the lower right corner of the image. Postmark: BIRNAMWOOD JUL 20 6 PM 1936. Divided-back linen card with white border; 1¢ green stamp; light edge wear.

Cite this card

Canoe on a northwoods lake, Aniwa, Wisconsin, 1936, postcard, c. 1936. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/canoe-on-a-northwoods-lake-aniwa-wisconsin-1936. Accessed November 2, 2026.