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Gem Terrace Beach, Catawba Island, Ohio, circa 1947

Subjects
Bathing & Beach ResortsBeaches & CoastlinesSwimming & Bathing
Card type
Linen
Date
c. 1930 (White Border)
Front of Gem Terrace Beach, Catawba Island, Ohio, circa 1947, c. 1930 linen postcard
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Back of Gem Terrace Beach, Catawba Island, Ohio, circa 1947, c. 1930 linen postcard
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About this postcard

The card shows a crowded Lake Erie bathing beach at Gem Terrace Beach on Catawba Island, Ohio, with bathers wading and swimming in blue water; behind the shore are a bath house, a tall observation tower, a dance pavilion, trees, and American flags. Catawba Island is a peninsula in Ottawa County, Ohio, long promoted as a Lake Erie vacationland and summer resort area. The printed caption identifies the beach and its facilities.

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PublisherE. B. Ackley
160—Gem Terrace Beach, Showing Bath House, Observation Tower and Dance Pavilion, Catawba Island, in Ohio's Lake Erie Vacationland 7A-H3168 --- E. B. ACKLEY, SANDUSKY, OHIO GENUINE CURTEICH-CHICAGO "C.T. ART-COLORTONE" POST CARD (REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.) POST CARD PLACE ONE CENT STAMP HERE
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Postcard record

PublisherE. B. Ackley
Series160
ConditionVery good
Place depictedCatawba Island, OH
Place depictedLake Erie
PublisherE. B. Ackley, Sandusky, OH
NotesLinen texture; white border; printed card number 160 and Curt Teich production code 7A-H3168. No postmark. Divided-back linen card with white border; Curteich "C.T. Art-Colortone" imprint, card no. 7A-H3168; clean, unwritten.

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Gem Terrace Beach, Catawba Island, Ohio, circa 1947, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/gem-terrace-beach-catawba-island-ohio-circa-1947. Accessed October 25, 2026.