Paradise Falls, Pocono Mountains, Pennsylvania, circa 1920

Subjects: Bridges & Dams Forests & Trees Rivers & Streams
Card type: Real photo
Date: c. 1920 (White Border)

Back of Paradise Falls, Pocono Mountains, Pennsylvania, circa 1920, Paradise Township, PA, USA, c. 1920 real photo postcard — Back

About this subject

A wide waterfall cascades over a stepped rock ledge into a dark pool, surrounded by dense forest. A wooden footbridge spans the upper right above the falls. Printed caption identifies Paradise Falls in the Pocono Mountains.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pencil

Dear Iona: We passed by this place about as far from it as this was taken. As high as we are there are lots of lakes and streams up here. Edgar

PostmarkedTobyhanna, PA, August 15, 1920, 15:00

Addressed to

Iona Roberts

1234-10 St. N.W., Washington, D.C.

Postcard record

Postmarked	August 15, 1920, 15:00, Tobyhanna, PA
Condition	Very good
Place addressed	Iona Roberts, 1234-10 St. N.W., Washington, D.C., Washington, DC
Place depicted	Paradise Falls, Paradise Township, PA
Place depicted	Pocono Mountains, Tobyhanna, PA
Place mentioned	Mt. Pocono, Mount Pocono, PA
Publisher	The Albertype Co., Brooklyn, NY
Stamp	1c George Washington, green, issued 1909
Notes	Monochrome real-photo image; no white border visible; printed copyright date 1920. Postmark: TOBYHANNA PA AUG 15 1920 3 PM. Divided-back Albertype Co. card with pencil message; light edge/toning wear, stamp partly over postmark.

Cite this card

Paradise Falls, Pocono Mountains, Pennsylvania, circa 1920, postcard, c. 1920. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/paradise-falls-pocono-mountains-pennsylvania-circa-1920. Accessed October 5, 2026.