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Head Wall of Avalanche Basin, Glacier National Park, Montana, circa 1909

Card type
Lithograph

About this subject

Color view of the steep, rocky head wall of Avalanche Basin in Glacier National Park, with snow-streaked gullies running down the mountainside above a dark conifer forest. A calm lake or stream lies in the foreground, and a tall evergreen frames the right edge against a pale sky.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Hello John How are you, I am still working every day on a flow Checker for $3, a Per day like this Place fine Coming home when I get enough Money to last me for a while answer soon from Great Falls Mont.

PostmarkedGreat Falls, MT
Addressed to
Ernest Quick

627 - 3rd Ave E, Kalispell, Mont

Postcard record

PostmarkedGreat Falls, MT
ConditionFair
Place addressedErnest Quick, 627 - 3rd Ave E, Kalispell, MT
Place depictedGlacier National Park, MT
Place mentionedGlacier National Park, MT
NotesThin white border at edges; heavy white scratch/emulsion damage across the right side and sky; grain typical of a tinted lithographic view. Postmark: GREAT FALLS JUL 5 (year illegible). Divided-back card; 1909 Kiser Photo Co. copyright (front). Paper loss at top-left corner, toned/aged.

Cite this card

Head Wall of Avalanche Basin, Glacier National Park, Montana, circa 1909, postcard, c. 1909. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/head-wall-of-avalanche-basin-glacier-national-park-montana-c. Accessed October 5, 2026.