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Mt. Shasta, California, 1945

Subjects
Lakes & PondsMountains & Hills
Card type
Linen
Date
c. 1945 (Linen)
Front of Mt. Shasta, California, 1945, c. 1945 linen postcard
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Back of Mt. Shasta, California, 1945, c. 1945 linen postcard
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About this postcard

A snow-streaked Mount Shasta rises above dark evergreen forest, with a small lake and a red-roofed boathouse or shelter in the foreground. The printed text calls the peak a former "mighty monarch of volcanoes," cooled by thousands of winters and rising 14,161 feet above sea level, with timbered slopes and peaceful valleys at its base. Mount Shasta is a large stratovolcano at the southern end of the Cascade Range in Siskiyou County. Its glaciers and perennial snowfields made it a long-standing subject for Western scenic postcards and for tourist promotion of the region.

Postcard Details

Message · English

Apr-3-1945 Minnie Payne

PublisherStanley A. Piltz Company
MT. SHASTA, CALIFORNIA, ELEVATION 14,161 FEET Mt. Shasta, once a mighty monarch of volcanoes but long since cooled by the snow- fall of thousands of winters rises majestically 14,161 feet above sea level. Its graceful timbered slopes and at its base peaceful val- leys, Mt. Shasta stands as one of the rarest and most magnificent monuments to volcanic activity to be found in America.
Addressed to
Mrs Evelyn Jgraggen

813 Morrell Avenue Burlingame, CA

FromMrs Evelyn Jgraggan, 813 Morrell Avenue, Burlingame, CA

Postcard record

PublisherStanley A. Piltz Company
Series"Pictorial Wonderland" ART-TONE SERIES
ConditionVery good
Place addressedMrs Evelyn Jgraggen, 813 Morrell Avenue, Burlingame, CA
Place depictedMt. Shasta, CA
Place mentionedMt. Shasta, Mount Shasta, CA
PublisherStanley A. Piltz Company, San Francisco, CA
Place sent fromMrs Evelyn Jgraggan, 813 Morrell Avenue, Burlingame, CA
NotesLinen-textured stock with visible crosshatch pattern; cream border; printed card number 728 at upper right of front and code OB-H 132 along the right edge. Divided back with printed Mt. Shasta description on the message side. No stamp, postmark, or cancellation; card appears unmailed. Address, date Apr-3-1945, and sender name Minnie Raynor handwritten in pencil on the back.

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Mt. Shasta, California, 1945, postcard, c. 1945. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/mt-shasta-california-1945. Accessed November 2, 2026.