Highway 99 near Mt. Shasta, California, 1948
- Card type
- Real photo
- Date
- c. 1948 (Chrome)
About this postcard
A two-lane highway curves over a concrete bridge below snow-capped Mount Shasta, with dense evergreen forest and a line of utility poles along the road. The scene shows the mountain route through northern California in the late 1940s, when U.S. 99 was the main north-south highway through the state and auto travel to places like Mount Shasta and Lake Shasta was growing. Dunsmuir, in the Sacramento River canyon, was long a Southern Pacific railroad town and a stop on the route to Mount Shasta. The view reflects the postwar rise of auto tourism on the mountain highways of Siskiyou County.
Postcard Details
Berkeley, CA
Postcard record
| Postmarked | , Dunsmuir, CA |
|---|---|
| Publisher | J H Eastman |
| Series | B-1981 |
| Condition | Very good |
| Place addressed | Lyman Wilshire, Berkeley, CA |
| Place depicted | Mount Shasta, CA |
| Stamp | 1c George Washington, green, issued 1909 |
| Stamp | 1c George Washington, green, issued 1938, perforated on all sides |
| Stamp | 1c George Washington, green, issued 1932 |
| Notes | White border; black-and-white real photo postcard; printed caption at bottom: On hi-way "99" near Mt. Shasta. Postmark: DUNSMUIR CALIF. JUN 6 4 PM 1948 — real-photo card (front credit J H EASTMAN B-1981), divided back, white border, glossy surface; message written sideways in blue ink along left edge; stamp 1c Washington green (1732-1932). |
Cite this card
Highway 99 near Mt. Shasta, California, 1948, postcard, c. 1948. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/highway-99-near-mt-shasta-california-1948. Accessed November 2, 2026.