Swimming pool at Edgewood Park, Shamokin, PA, 1947

Subjects: Public Parks & Commons Swimming & Bathing
Card type: Linen
Date: c. 1947 (Chrome)

Back of Swimming pool at Edgewood Park, Shamokin, PA, 1947, Jersey City, NJ, USA, c. 1947 linen postcard — Back

About this postcard

Elevated view of a large outdoor swimming pool complex at Edgewood Park, with bathers in the water and along the pool edge. A long red-roofed bathhouse and a white bathhouse with a diving tower and flagpole stand against a densely wooded hillside under a sunset sky.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Hi: We are having a swell time. The Gow family

PostmarkedShamokin, PA, July 5, 1947, 21:00

Addressed to

Mrs Minnie Smith

66 Webster Ave. Jersey City, NJ

Postcard record

Postmarked	July 5, 1947, 21:00, Shamokin, PA
Publisher	Lynn H. Boyer, Jr.
Series	9A-H1627
Condition	Very good
Place addressed	66 Webster Ave., Jersey City, NJ
Publisher	Wildwood, NJ
Stamp	1c George Washington, green, issued 1909
Stamp	1c George Washington, green, issued 1938, perforated on all sides
Notes	Linen-textured stock with white border; Curt Teich production number 9A-H1627 printed at lower right. Postmark: SHAMOKIN JUL 5 9-PM 1947. Divided-back Curt Teich 'C.T. Art-Colortone' linen card with white border; light edge wear and slight toning.

Cite this card

Swimming pool at Edgewood Park, Shamokin, PA, 1947, postcard, c. 1947. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/swimming-pool-at-edgewood-park-shamokin-pa-1947. Accessed November 2, 2026.