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Lake in Izaak Walton Park, Burlington, Iowa, circa 1940

Subjects
Lakes & PondsPublic Parks & Commons
Card type
Linen
Date
c. 1930 (White Border)
Front of Lake in Izaak Walton Park, Burlington, Iowa, circa 1940, Mrs. Lester Funk, IA, USA, c. 1930 linen postcard
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Back of Lake in Izaak Walton Park, Burlington, Iowa, circa 1940, Mrs. Lester Funk, IA, USA, c. 1930 linen postcard
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About this postcard

A quiet lake fills most of the view, ringed by a dense band of trees along the far shore and framed at right by the heavy foliage of a large tree; a grassy bank dotted with small flowers slopes down to the water in the foreground. The card names the spot as the lake in Izaak Walton Park in Burlington, Iowa, a Mississippi River city that set aside park land along the bluffs and riverfront. The park honors Izaak Walton, the seventeenth-century English author of "The Compleat Angler," a fitting namesake for a fishing lake.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Hi Jim all: - Recieved all Your Mail But I have been busy so far Jim You know Have'nt had time to Think, Well Walter said he had a nice hot time 2 days after he was home well I will see Kids Sat 3rd Come on here to go the bunch to practice as until Then I can talk better Then write Love Jim Clan

PublisherWholesale Distributors, Inc.
LAKE IN IZAAK WALTON PARK, BURLINGTON, IOWA --- 21816N Published by Wholesale Distributors, Inc., Burlington, Iowa A "Natural Color Card" Made by E. C. Kropp Co., Milwaukee, Wis.—D-194
PostmarkedBurlington, IA, September 25, 1953, 15:30
Stamp
Addressed to
Mrs. Lester Funk

R.R. 2, Morning Sun, IA

Postcard record

Postmarked, Burlington, IA
PublisherWholesale Distributors, Inc.
ConditionGood
Place addressedMrs. Lester Funk, R.R. 2, Morning Sun, IA
Stamp3c Thomas Jefferson, purple
NotesLinen-textured stock with a narrow white border; worn, rounded corners and light edge chipping. Postmark: BURLINGTON IOWA SEP 25 3:30 PM 1953. Divided-back "Natural Color Card" (E. C. Kropp) with 3¢ Jefferson stamp; light edge/corner wear.

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Lake in Izaak Walton Park, Burlington, Iowa, circa 1940, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/lake-in-izaak-walton-park-burlington-iowa-circa-1940. Accessed October 24, 2026.