The view looks down a dirt road through High Amana, with several frame houses set behind wooden fences, a small well house in the foreground, and open fields beyond. High Amana was one of the seven Amana Colonies, communal villages founded by German Inspirationists in the 1850s. Around 1901 the colony still held property in common and supported itself through farming and communal workshops.
White border on right; sepia real photo print; faint embossed stamp in right margin; red mark at top left corner.
Printed caption 'Greetings from High Amana' in red at top of image. No postmark. Undivided back ('POST CARD / THIS SIDE FOR THE ADDRESS'), c. 1901-1907, with printed stamp box ('PLACE POSTAGE STAMP HERE'). Handwritten 'AMANA IOWA' in blue ink at upper left and pencil initials 'RMLJ 8-' at top center. No postage stamp affixed and no address written; light soiling and foxing on cream stock.
Cite this card
Houses along dirt road, High Amana, IA, circa 1901, postcard, c. 1901. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/houses-along-dirt-road-high-amana-ia-circa-1901. Accessed November 2, 2026.
