A snow-covered creek winds between snowy banks toward a dense stand of bare winter trees, with open dark water reflecting the sky in the foreground. The card names the stream as Emery's Creek in Lake City, Minnesota, a Mississippi River town in Wabasha County known in the early twentieth century for its lakeside setting and nearby Lake Pepin. The view is a typical winter scene card of the period, showing the frozen, wooded ravine landscape of the upper Midwest.
Grainy halftone screen texture; cream border at bottom with printed caption; blue ink spot near upper left; blue-tinted edge along right side.
No postmark; unused undivided back. Red-printed "POST CARD" heading with "This side for the Address." and a stamp box reading "Domestic One cent / Foreign Two cents"; publisher imprint along left edge "4457 Pub. by F. H. Phillips, Lake City, Minn. (Germany)" — undivided-back era (c. 1898–1901), printed in Germany. Two hole punches in the card.
Cite this card
Emery's Creek in winter, Lake City, Minnesota, circa 1910, postcard, n.d.. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/emerys-creek-in-winter-lake-city-minnesota-circa-1910. Accessed October 25, 2026.
