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Town and waterfront with mountains, Seward, Alaska

Card type
Real photo

About this subject

View over the town of Seward, Alaska, with wooden buildings, dirt roads, a large spruce tree in the foreground, a pier and dock with boats along the waterfront, and snow-capped mountains across the water.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pencil

DEAR MOM: - I SHOULD HAVE WRITTEN BUT, HAVE BEEN WORKING EVERY DAY - HERE ON 20TH MORNING, WENT TO WORK SAME DAY - WILL DROP LINE WHEN THINGS STAIGHTENED OUT. CAMP IS ABOUT 3/4 M. TO LEFT ON PHOTO LOUIE "P.D."

PostmarkedSeward, AK, October 5, 1941, 17:00
Stamp
Addressed to
Mrs Theo Rice

Ferndale, Wn.

Postcard record

Postmarked, Seward, AK
ConditionFair
Place addressedMrs Theo Rice, Ferndale, WA
Place depictedSeward, AK
Stamp1c Statue of Liberty, green
NotesWhite border; black-and-white real photo; brown stains upper right; faint circular postmark at top center. Postmark: SEWARD, ALASKA OCT 5 5-PM 1941. Divided-back WWII-era card (3c National Defense stamp); heavy brown staining/water damage upper left; dealer pencil annotations at top ('SEWARD SAME AS HATTON', 'RMLJ $3.00').

Cite this card

Town and waterfront with mountains, Seward, Alaska, postcard, c. 1915. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/town-and-waterfront-with-mountains-seward-alaska. Accessed October 5, 2026.