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Goldfinch cabin, Kern's Rainbow Village, Dingmans Ferry, PA, 1948

Card type
Real photo

About this postcard

The Goldfinch cabin at Kern's Rainbow Village is a small rustic structure with a gabled roof and screened windows, set among tall trees, with a dog near the entrance steps. The handwritten note is from the Kerns, the proprietors, acknowledging a deposit and confirming the recipient's stay from August 14 to 21. Kern's Rainbow Village was a cabin colony at Dingmans Ferry, on the Delaware River in Pike County in the Pocono Mountains. The card is addressed to Malvern, west of Philadelphia, and postmarked August 2, 1943.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Thank you for deposit. Will expect you Aug 14 to 21st. Cordially The Kerns

PostmarkedDINGMANS, PA, August 3, 1948, 14:00
Stamp
Addressed to
R. Breininger

19 Monument Ave. Malvern, PA

Postcard record

Postmarked, DINGMANS, PA
Series365
ConditionVery good
Place addressedR. Breininger, 19 Monument Ave., Malvern, PA
Place depictedKern's Rainbow Village, Dingmans Ferry, PA
Stamp1c George Washington, green, issued 1909
Stamp1c George Washington, green, issued 1938, perforated on all sides
NotesWhite border; real photo postcard; printed caption in white script. Postmark: DINGMANS PA AUG 3 1948 2-P. Divided-back real-photo card with white border; 1c green Washington stamp; dealer pencil notation "RMLJ #8-" in top-left corner.

Cite this card

Goldfinch cabin, Kern's Rainbow Village, Dingmans Ferry, PA, 1948, postcard, c. 1948. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/goldfinch-cabin-kerns-rainbow-village-dingmans-ferry-pa-1948. Accessed November 2, 2026.