Johnsons and Death Valley Scotty, Scotty's Castle, CA, circa 1931
- Card type
- Real photo
- Date
- c. 1931 (Linen)
About this postcard
Three people, a woman and two men, sit in the comfortably furnished living room of Scotty's Castle. Leather chairs, patterned upholstery, a table, lamps, and a radio fill the room. The printed caption identifies them as the Johnsons and Death Valley Scotty. The house in Grapevine Canyon was the desert home of Chicago insurance man Albert Johnson and his wife Bessie, though it took its popular name from Walter E. Scott, the prospector and showman known as Death Valley Scotty. The room's comfort contrasts with the prospector's camp image Scotty cultivated.
Postcard Details
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Postcard record
| Publisher | Frashers Fotos |
|---|---|
| Condition | Very good |
| Place depicted | Scotty's Castle, Death Valley, CA |
| Publisher | Frashers Fotos, Boulder City, NV |
| Stamp | none Eastman Kodak (EKC) printed stamp box |
| Notes | White border; black-and-white real photo postcard; Frashers Fotos (Pomona, Calif.) logo bottom right. No postmark; card is unused and unstamped. Divided-back real-photo postcard (B&W, white border) with EKC (Kodak) stamp-box mark. Only handwriting is pencil dealer/price marks 'RML5 4' in the upper-left corner and '7.' in the upper-right corner, not a message or address. Desert Souvenir Supply, Boulder City, Nevada imprint runs vertically along the left edge. |
Cite this card
Johnsons and Death Valley Scotty, Scotty's Castle, CA, circa 1931, postcard, c. 1931. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/johnsons-and-death-valley-scotty-scottys-castle-ca-circa-193. Accessed November 2, 2026.