Sugar Bowl, Grotto Rock, Ink Stand, Lower Dells, WI, 1952
- Subjects
- Forests & TreesRivers & Streams
- Card type
- Real photo
- Date
- c. 1952 (Chrome)
About this postcard
Layered sandstone formations rise from the Wisconsin River in the Lower Dells, pines growing from their tops and a wooded shoreline behind. The printed caption names three of them: Sugar Bowl, Grotto Rock, and Ink Stand. The Dells are a gorge the Wisconsin River cut through Cambrian sandstone. Excursion steamboats had carried visitors past these formations since the late 1800s, and by the 1950s the area had become a family resort destination reached by car, with the named rocks still the standard stops for sightseers.
Postcard Details
No address detected
Postcard record
| Condition | Very good |
|---|---|
| Place depicted | Lower Dells, WI |
| Stamp | none Kodak printed stamp box ("-Kodak- PLACE STAMP HERE --Paper--"), imperforate |
| Notes | Black-and-white real photo postcard; printed caption in white at bottom; no white border visible; image fills frame. No postmark. Real photo postcard on Kodak paper, divided back, glossy. Handwritten date 'AUG 1952' and 'Trip' in address area; 'RM2 5 / 2-' code at left. No stamp, no address written. |
Cite this card
Sugar Bowl, Grotto Rock, Ink Stand, Lower Dells, WI, 1952, postcard, c. 1952. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/sugar-bowl-grotto-rock-ink-stand-lower-dells-wi-1952. Accessed November 2, 2026.