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Itasca Launch, Itasca State Park, MN, 1951

Subjects
Boating & CanoeingNational & State Parks
Card type
Chrome
Date
c. 1951 (Chrome)
Front of Itasca Launch, Itasca State Park, MN, 1951, Park Rapids, MN, USA, c. 1951 chrome postcard
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Back of Itasca Launch, Itasca State Park, MN, 1951, Park Rapids, MN, USA, c. 1951 chrome postcard
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About this postcard

The white excursion launch carries passengers along a wooded lakeshore, its hull and the tree line mirrored in calm water. Dark foliage and a tree trunk frame the foreground. The launch made daily excursions from Douglas Lodge to the beginning of the Mississippi, carrying park visitors to the river's headwaters. Itasca State Park, set aside in 1891 around Lake Itasca, drew summer visitors to that source.

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PublisherThe L. L. Cook Co.
ITASCA LAUNCH Daily excursions from Douglas Lodge to the beginning of the Mississippi—Itasca State Park, Minnesota.
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Postcard record

PublisherThe L. L. Cook Co.
Series45371
ConditionGood
Place mentionedItasca State Park, Park Rapids, MN
Place mentionedDouglas Lodge, MN
PublisherMilwaukee, WI
NotesScan is rotated 180 degrees; glossy color photo-style stock, faint vertical crease/line near center. Unused card: no postmark, adhesive stamp, or handwriting — only the printed "PLACE STAMP HERE" box on the divided back. Kodachrome reproduction, copyright 1951 (The L. L. Cook Co., Milwaukee, Wis., series 45371); glossy surface, full-bleed front (no white border). Light foxing/toning and a small stain on the card stock.

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Itasca Launch, Itasca State Park, MN, 1951, postcard, c. 1951. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/itasca-launch-itasca-state-park-mn-1951. Accessed November 2, 2026.