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Shasta Dam and Shasta Lake, California

Subjects
Aerial Views & PanoramasBridges & DamsLakes & Ponds
Card type
Real photo
Date
c. 1915 (White Border)
Front of Shasta Dam and Shasta Lake, California, c. 1915 real photo postcard
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Back of Shasta Dam and Shasta Lake, California, c. 1915 real photo postcard
Back

About this subject

Aerial view of Shasta Dam with water discharging from the spillway into the river below, and the expansive Shasta Lake reservoir backed up behind the dam amid rugged hills.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Hi Folks - Drove 18 hours, then stayed over Tuesday nite in Dunsmuir. Got here Wednesday at 11: a.m. Beautiful Country. Everything green. So different from arid home. I guess we will leave for Oregon tomorrow am. Will write then. Kids took the trip well. Were very tired tho. Love, Honey

PublisherEastman's Studio
Shasta Dam and Shasta Lake, California Eastman's Studio B-4356 --- POST CARD CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESS
PostmarkedAugust 17, 1950, 12:00
Stamp
Addressed to
Mr. and Mrs. Art Fourney

779 Evergreen Lane, Fontana, Calif.

Postcard record

Postmarked
SeriesB-4356
ConditionVery good
Place depictedShasta Dam and Shasta Lake, Shasta Lake, CA
Stamp1c George Washington, green, issued 1909
NotesWhite border; black-and-white real photo; printed caption in white at bottom. Postmark: EUREKA CALIF. AUG 17 12-M 1950. Divided-back card with white border and glossy real-photo finish; 1c green Washington stamp; dealer pencil notation 'RMLT 3.00' at top right.

Cite this card

Shasta Dam and Shasta Lake, California, postcard, c. 1915. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/shasta-dam-and-shasta-lake-california. Accessed October 5, 2026.