Salt pool in Devil's Golf Course, Death Valley, CA, circa 1933
- Subject
- National & State Parks
- Card type
- Linen
- Date
- c. 1933 (Linen)
About this postcard
A small green pool sits in a white salt flat on Devil's Golf Course, with dark mineral crust and rough ridges spreading toward Telescope Peak in the distance. The surrounding beds are salt, not a thin surface crust; the card's text notes that a well here passed through more than a thousand feet of salt, broken only by thin layers of clay. The name comes from the jagged, pitted ground, which the card says only the Devil could use as a golf course. Death Valley National Monument, established in 1933, protected this stark corner of the desert.
Postcard Details
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Postcard record
| Publisher | Frasher's, Inc. |
|---|---|
| Series | D.V. 15 4A-H1686 |
| Condition | Very good |
| Place mentioned | Devil's Golf Course, CA |
| Publisher | Frasher's, Inc., Pomona, CA |
| Notes | Linen-textured stock with visible crosshatch weave; printed code 4A-H1686 at top; a line of text along the left edge is cut off by the scan. No postmark. Divided-back linen card, unused; printed one-cent stamp box; pencil dealer price marks '1 1/2' and '2:-' at top. Frasher's Fotos imprint. |
Cite this card
Salt pool in Devil's Golf Course, Death Valley, CA, circa 1933, postcard, c. 1933. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/salt-pool-in-devils-golf-course-death-valley-ca-circa-1933. Accessed November 2, 2026.