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Swimming pool at Edgewood Park, Shamokin, Pennsylvania, circa 1939

Subjects
Public Parks & CommonsSwimming & Bathing
Card type
Linen
Date
c. 1930 (White Border)
Front of Swimming pool at Edgewood Park, Shamokin, Pennsylvania, circa 1939, Jersey City, NJ, USA, c. 1930 linen postcard
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Back of Swimming pool at Edgewood Park, Shamokin, Pennsylvania, circa 1939, Jersey City, NJ, USA, c. 1930 linen postcard
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About this subject

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 fine time. We are leaving the Shamokin family

PublisherLynn H. Boyer, Jr.
S-20—Swimming Pool at Edgewood Park, Shamokin, Pa. --- POST CARD GENUINE CURTEICH-CHICAGO "C.T. ART-COLORTONE" POST CARD (REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.) LYNN H. BOYER, JR., WILDWOOD, N. J.
PostmarkedShamokin, PA, July 5, 1947, 21:00
Stamp
Addressed to
Mrs Minnie Smith

66 Webster Ave., Jersey City, NJ

Postcard record

Postmarked, Shamokin, PA
SeriesS-20
ConditionVery good
Place addressed66 Webster Ave., Jersey City, NJ
PublisherWildwood, NJ
Stamp1c George Washington, green, issued 1909
NotesLinen-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, Pennsylvania, circa 1939, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/swimming-pool-at-edgewood-park-shamokin-pennsylvania-circa-1. Accessed October 5, 2026.