Route 219 winds through the Allegheny Mountains near Johnstown, following a rocky stream through densely wooded hills. Autumn color touches the trees in reds and yellows, and layered ridges fade toward a blue sky. The caption promotes the road as a link between the William Penn and Lincoln Highways, the east-west routes that crossed western Pennsylvania. In the mid-1940s, this was mountain travel: two-lane roads threading narrow creek valleys, with Johnstown as the gateway to the scenery.
Postcard Details
Message · English
Jan-22-1946
Minnie Payne
Addressed to
Carole Trexel
Riverside, R.D. # 7
Johnstown, PA
FromCarole Irepel, Riverside, R.D. #7, Johnstown, PA
Linen-textured stock with a cream white border; Curt Teich-style production codes J-26 and 7A-H3803 printed in the margins.
No postmark; handwritten date Jan-22-1946. Divided back, linen texture, white border. Minsky Bros. & Co. (Pittsburgh) imprint; C.T. Art-Colortone.
Cite this card
Route 219 highway scene near Johnstown, PA, 1946, postcard, c. 1946. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/route-219-highway-scene-near-johnstown-pa-1946. Accessed November 2, 2026.
