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Devil's Pool, Wissahickon, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Subjects
Bridges & DamsPublic Parks & CommonsRivers & Streams
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1907 (Golden Age)
Front of Devil's Pool, Wissahickon, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, c. 1907 lithograph postcard
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Back of Devil's Pool, Wissahickon, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, c. 1907 lithograph postcard
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About this subject

View of Devil's Pool in Wissahickon Creek, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, showing a stone arch bridge above a wooden footbridge spanning a rocky gorge with water cascading below.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

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Devil's Pool, Wissahickon, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa. --- POST CARD. THIS SPACE FOR COMMUNICATION. THIS SPACE FOR ADDRESS ONLY. Path near Devil's Pool, Wissahickon, Fairmount Park, On one side of the rock is a small deep pool continually frothing and seething, named "Devil's Pool," and believed by children to be bottomless.
PostmarkedPhiladelphia, PA
Stamp
Addressed to
Mr. Dwight Cooley

Street, Mich.

Postcard record

PostmarkedPhiladelphia, PA
ConditionFair
Place depictedWissahickon, Philadelphia, PA
Place depictedFairmount Park, Philadelphia, PA
Place depictedPhiladelphia, PA
Place mentionedFairmount Park, Philadelphia, PA
Stamp10c George Washington, green
NotesNo white border; color lithograph; vertical crease/scratch on right side; surface wear. Postmark: PHILADELPHIA SEP 22 PM (year not legible). Divided-back card; green 1c Washington stamp; message written sideways in pen along the left edge; address block heavily scribbled/overwritten in ink; printed caption on back describes Devil's Pool, Wissahickon, Fairmount Park.

Cite this card

Devil's Pool, Wissahickon, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/devils-pool-wissahickon-fairmount-park-philadelphia-pennsylv. Accessed October 5, 2026.