A view across Cypress Lake near Sumter, South Carolina, at sunset, with dark cypress and pine silhouettes framing a sky banded in red, orange and blue above still water. The card's own caption names the scene "Cypress Lake at Sunset, Sumter, S.C." Sumter is a longstanding seat of Sumter County in the South Carolina midlands, a region of pine woods, swamps and cypress ponds typical of the coastal plain interior.
Linen-textured stock with a white border; job number E-5696 printed in the margin; scan is rotated 180 degrees.
No postmark. Divided back with "THIS SPACE FOR WRITING MESSAGES" and one-cent stamp box; linen-textured card with white border; light soiling and a few foxing spots on the back.
Cite this card
Cypress Lake at sunset, Sumter, South Carolina, circa 1940, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/cypress-lake-at-sunset-sumter-south-carolina-circa-1940. Accessed October 24, 2026.
