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Old Faithful Inn and Old Faithful Geyser, Yellowstone National Park, circa 1940

Subjects
Hotels & InnsNational & State Parks
Card type
Linen
Date
c. 1930 (White Border)
Front of Old Faithful Inn and Old Faithful Geyser, Yellowstone National Park, circa 1940, Mrs. Thermate, IL, USA, c. 1930 linen postcard
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Back of Old Faithful Inn and Old Faithful Geyser, Yellowstone National Park, circa 1940, Mrs. Thermate, IL, USA, c. 1930 linen postcard
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About this postcard

The card shows the log-and-shingle mass of the Old Faithful Inn at right, with a column of steam and spray from Old Faithful Geyser rising beyond a pine tree at left. Built in 1903-04 to designs by architect Robert Reamer, the Inn is among the best-known national park lodges in the United States, its cavernous lobby framed by gnarled lodgepole pine. Old Faithful, the park's most famous geyser, erupts on a roughly regular schedule and has drawn visitors to this spot in the Upper Geyser Basin since the 1870s.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pencil

Best Regards Johnnie

PublisherSanborn Souvenir Co.
949 OLD FAITHFUL INN AND OLD FAITHFUL GEYSER, YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK 2A-H702 --- OLD FAITHFUL INN AND GEYSER Old Faithful Inn and Geyser are in the upper Geyser Basin section of Yellowstone where the largest and finest geysers in the world are gathered within a space of a mile. About Old Faithful is another of the Park community centers and supply points with stores, camps, museum, bath house etc. POST CARD THIS SPACE FOR ADDRESS ONLY "C.T. ART-COLORTONE," SANBORN SOUVENIR CO., DENVER, COLO.
PostmarkedYellowstone Park, WY
Stamp
Addressed to
Mrs. Thermate

Oak Lawn, IL

Postcard record

PostmarkedYellowstone Park, WY
PublisherSanborn Souvenir Co.
Series949
ConditionVery good
Place addressedMrs. Thermate, Oak Lawn, IL
Place mentionedYellowstone National Park, WY
PublisherSanborn Souvenir Co., Denver, CO
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, perforated on all sides
NotesLinen-textured stock with a white border; Curt Teich production number 2A-H702 in the lower right corner. Postmark: YELLOWSTONE PARK, WYO. 5:30 PM 1935 (month/day obscured by printed text). Linen-texture divided-back card with white border; 1¢ green Franklin stamp; light edge/corner wear and a small stain at upper right.

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Old Faithful Inn and Old Faithful Geyser, Yellowstone National Park, circa 1940, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/old-faithful-inn-and-old-faithful-geyser-yellowstone-nationa-1930. Accessed October 25, 2026.