Falling Spring, Hot Springs, VA, 1901

Subject: Rivers & Streams
Card type: Real photo
Date: c. 1901 (Early)

Back of Falling Spring, Hot Springs, VA, 1901, c. 1901 real photo postcard — Back

About this postcard

A spring spills over dark rock in a wooded setting, the falling water caught as a white streak at the center of the frame. The printed caption names it Falling Spring at Hot Springs, Virginia. Hot Springs, in Bath County, was a mineral-spring resort town in the Allegheny Mountains, and the springs themselves drew visitors to its hotels and bathhouses. The sender's note refers to "these two pictures," suggesting this view traveled with a companion card.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

these two pictures as was all the time I am going to write to you to day and was missed. I will send [illegible]

PostmarkedHOT SPRING

Addressed to

Mrs E. M. Richardson

Chestnut Mont, PA

Postcard record

Postmarked	HOT SPRING
Condition	Fair
Place addressed	Mrs E. M. Richardson, Chestnut, Mont, PA
Place depicted	Boiling Spring, Hot Springs, VA
Place mentioned	Hot Springs, VA
Stamp	1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1930, perforated on all sides
Stamp	1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1902, perforated vertical sides only
Notes	Handwritten message in pen on front around all four edges of the image; white border. Postmark: HOT SPRINGS, VA., AUG 1, 7:30 PM; circular received mark dated 1901. Undivided-back real-photo card; 1c Franklin stamp (Series 1902); pencil dealer marks (113, 3.00) at top left; light soiling and a stain over the second address line.

Cite this card

Falling Spring, Hot Springs, VA, 1901, postcard, c. 1901. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/falling-spring-hot-springs-va-1901. Accessed November 2, 2026.