Two rocky peaks, identified on the card as Twin Peaks, rise beyond a blue lake with dense evergreen forest on the slopes and shoreline. The view is near Giant Forest, the sequoia grove in Sequoia National Park known for the General Sherman Tree. By the 1930s and 1940s, the park's mountain scenery drew auto tourists.
Linen texture; printed caption at top; no white border; light vertical scratch/crease at left.
No postmark, stamp, or handwriting (only a dealer's pencil "#59" mark). Undivided back with "PLACE STAMP HERE" box bearing E/C/K/Co corner marks (E. C. Kropp). Printed publisher line reads "A 'Natural Color Card' Made by E. C. Kropp Co., Milwaukee, Wis.—DJL"; series numbers 19 and 4266. Linen-textured "Natural Color Card" of the 1930s-40s.
Cite this card
Twin Peaks and Lake, Sequoia National Park, CA, circa 1940, postcard, c. 1940. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/twin-peaks-and-lake-sequoia-national-park-ca-circa-1940. Accessed November 2, 2026.
