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Sailing yacht Falcon and excursion steamer Okoboji, Lake Okoboji, Iowa, 1919

Subjects
Lakes & PondsSailing & SailboatsSteamboats & Riverboats
Card type
Real photo
Date
c. 1919 (White Border)
Front of Sailing yacht Falcon and excursion steamer Okoboji, Lake Okoboji, Iowa, 1919, Wahpeton, IA, USA, c. 1919 real photo postcard
Front
Back of Sailing yacht Falcon and excursion steamer Okoboji, Lake Okoboji, Iowa, 1919, Wahpeton, IA, USA, c. 1919 real photo postcard
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About this postcard

The photograph shows the sailboat Falcon, crowded with passengers, running alongside the two-deck excursion steamer Okoboji on a lake. The image is hand-lettered "For Business and Pleasure" and dated 1919, contrasting the pleasure craft with the steamer. The steamer Okoboji was an excursion vessel on Lake Okoboji, a popular resort lake in Dickinson County, Iowa.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pencil

I am going out on the stemer in the Morning for a ride

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Postcard record

ConditionVery good
Place depictedLake Okoboji, Wahpeton, IA
NotesReal photo postcard with white border; hand-lettered title and copyright date in the image; light edge wear. No postmark. Divided back; AZO stamp box (triangles up); white border; glossy; ©1919 on front. Pencil message; no address.

Cite this card

Sailing yacht Falcon and excursion steamer Okoboji, Lake Okoboji, Iowa, 1919, postcard, c. 1919. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/sailing-yacht-falcon-and-excursion-steamer-okoboji-lake-okob. Accessed October 24, 2026.