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Marine Base, San Diego, California, with Point Loma in the distance, circa 1940

Subjects
Aerial Views & PanoramasMilitary Branches & Training Camps
Card type
Linen
Date
c. 1930 (White Border)
Front of Marine Base, San Diego, California, with Point Loma in the distance, circa 1940, c. 1930 linen postcard
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Back of Marine Base, San Diego, California, with Point Loma in the distance, circa 1940, c. 1930 linen postcard
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About this postcard

An elevated view of the U.S. Marine Base at San Diego, showing long rows of white barracks and administration buildings around a broad parade ground, with automobiles on the curving roads and Point Loma's headland rising across the water in the distance. The installation, now the Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, was established in 1921 on the site of a former Army camp and expanded greatly as a recruit training center in the 1940s. The card's caption names the base and identifies the far shore as Point Loma.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

This is the Marine Base to which Butter has been assigned - Yours truly M. P. Keensell

PublisherM. Kashower Co.
79:—Marine Base, San Diego, Calif., Pt. Loma In Distance. --- POST CARD THIS SPACE FOR WRITING THIS SIDE IS FOR THE ADDRESS PLACE STAMP HERE Pub. by the M. Kashower Co., Los Angeles, Cal.
Addressed to

No address detected

Postcard record

PublisherM. Kashower Co.
Series79
ConditionVery good
Place depictedSan Diego, CA
Place mentionedPoint Loma
PublisherM. Kashower Co., Los Angeles, CA
NotesWhite border; visible linen/canvas texture; Curt Teich job number 17847 printed in the lower right corner. No postmark or stamp; unused divided-back 'POST CARD' with printed Kashower imprint along the left edge. Blue-ink message written across the divided back. Light age toning, minor corner wear; front is a white-bordered linen-texture view.

Cite this card

Marine Base, San Diego, California, with Point Loma in the distance, circa 1940, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/marine-base-san-diego-california-with-point-loma-in-the-dist. Accessed October 24, 2026.