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Canoe on a northwoods lake, Aniwa, Wisconsin, circa 1940

Subjects
Boating & CanoeingGeneral GreetingsLakes & Ponds
Card type
Linen
Date
c. 1930 (White Border)
Front of Canoe on a northwoods lake, Aniwa, Wisconsin, circa 1940, Miss Harriet Gerner, WI, USA, c. 1930 linen postcard
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Back of Canoe on a northwoods lake, Aniwa, Wisconsin, circa 1940, Miss Harriet Gerner, WI, USA, c. 1930 linen postcard
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About this postcard

A view across a quiet northern Wisconsin lake at sunset, framed by pines and leafy hardwoods, with a dark canoe drawn up on the near shore. The card is a generic "Greetings from" view of Aniwa, a small community in Shawano County in the lake country of north-central Wisconsin, issued in the linen era when such scenic greeting cards were sold widely as souvenirs.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Hello there: am having a grand time getting [illegible] may be some [illegible] and to the [illegible] out [illegible] hope [illegible] will [illegible] Wash

PublisherTichnor
Greetings from ANIWA, WISCONSIN --- POST CARD CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESS Tichnor Quality Views Chicago Landscape Co.
PostmarkedJune 20, 1936, 18:00
Stamp
Addressed to
Miss Harriet Gerner

Wauwatosa, WI

Postcard record

Postmarked
PublisherTichnor
Series37602
ConditionVery good
Place addressedMiss Harriet Gerner, Milwaukee County General Hospital, Wauwatosa, WI
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: IRMAWOOD JUN 20 6 PM 1936. Divided-back linen card with white border; 1¢ Washington stamp; light edge wear.

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Canoe on a northwoods lake, Aniwa, Wisconsin, circa 1940, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/canoe-on-a-northwoods-lake-aniwa-wisconsin-circa-1940. Accessed October 24, 2026.