Vintage Early Color and Hand-tinted Photographic Postcards of Crater Lake 2
Many of these classic Crater images belong to the Crater Lake Institute collection
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Title (front): Crater Lake National Park, Oregon (top, center) Llao CLiff (bottom center) Postmark: None, unmailed Stamp: “Place one cent stamp here” box Post Card Era: Linen Description Back caption: The encircling lava walls, jagged and exquisitely colored, tower 2000 feet above the lake, itself 2000 feet deep, and is one of the deepest and by far the bluest water lake in the world. The face of Llao Rock is the highest vertical surface on the Rim, being 1997 feet above the surface and 8046 feet above sea level. Crater Lake is six miles long and four half miles wide. Vertical Divider Text (back): “C.T. ART-COLORTONE” REG. U.S.PAT.OFF.–WESLEY ANDREWS CO., PORTLAND, ORE. Card Number(s): 871 (front upper left corner), 7A-H982 (bottom right corner)
Title: Crater Lake National Park, Oregon, Switchback Trail to Lake Shore Postmark: Medford, Oreg. Sep 10, 3 PM 1947 Stamp: 1 cent Card Number(s): 879, 7A-H990 Photographer: Wesley Andrews Publisher: Wesley Andrews Co., Portland, Ore.
Card Number(s): 496 (front) Publisher: Edward H. Mitchell, San Francisco
Back Caption: Crater Lake-No. 2241-East from Victor Rock, Crater Lake Card Number(s): No. 2241 (back) Photographer: Copyright (symbol only) Kiser Publisher: Scenic America Co. by West Coast Engraving Co., Oregon. Printed in U.S.A.
Back Caption: Crater Lake National Park, Oregon Publisher: Crater Lake National Park Co., Crater Lake, Oregon
Back Caption: Crater Lake-No. 1198-Looking northwest from Lodge Card Number(s): No. 1198 (back) Photographer: Copyright (symbol only) Kiser Publisher: Scenic America Co. by West Coast Engraving Co., Portland, Oregon. Printed in U.S.A.
Title: Crater Lake National Park, Oregon, Phantom Ship From Dutton Cliff Card Number(s): 877, 7A-H987 Publisher: Wesley Andrews Co., Portland, Ore.
Title: Crater Lake National Park, Oregon, Observation Castle and Wizard Island Back Caption: In Southern Oregon, sixty miles north of the California line, stands a broken remnant of a once mighty mountain. In the ancient crater bowl of this mountain, lies one of the world’s scenic wonders, a lake whose romantic setting and bewitching coloring are unmatched anywhere. The lake itself is a six and one half miles long and four and a quarter miles wide. Its depth varies up to 2000 feet. It is entirely surrounded by steep volcanic cliffs that rise 2000 feet above the surface. Card Number(s): 885, 7A-H998 Publisher: Wesley Andrews Co., Portland, Ore.
Back Caption: Crater Lake-No. 1198-Looking northwest from Lodge Card Number(s): No. 1198 (back) Photographer: Copyright (symbol only) Kiser Publisher: Scenic America Co. by West Coast Engraving Co., Portland, Oregon. Printed in U.S.A.
Title: CRATER LAKE NATIONAL PARK, OREGON (front, top-center) CRATER LAKE LODGE (front, bottom-center) Postmark: None. PLACE ONE CENT STAMP HERE box Back caption: Crater Lake is six and one half miles long and four and a quarter miles wide. Its depth varies up to 2000 feet. It is entirely surrounded by steep volcanic cliffs, upon one of which is situated the lodge, 1000 feet above the water’s edge. A wonderful view of the lake and surrounding peaks and forests can be had from the Lodge veranda. Vertical Divider Text (back): “C.T.ART-COLORTONE” REG. U.S.PAT.OFF.-WESLEY ANDREWS CO., PORTLAND, ORE. Card Number(s): 881 (front, bottom-left), 7A-H997 (front, bottom-right, vertical) Photographer: PHOTO BY WESLEY ANDREWS (front, bottom-right)
Title (front): Crater Lake Lodge and Garfield Peak. Crater Lake National Park, Ore. Publisher: Crater Lake Co., Crater Lake, Ore.
Postmark: Crater Lake, Oreg., Jun 27 P.M. 1936 Stamp: 1 cent Back Caption: The Lodge, Crater Lake, Crater Lake National Park, Oregon Publisher: Crater Lake National Park Co.
Title: Crater Lake National Park, Oregon, Looking Toward Enchantment Bay Card Number(s): “The Jeweled Sapphire of the Cascades” Unlike and other natural wonder in the world, Located in Southern Oregon. 6000 feet above sea level. A body of water six miles in diameter of unbelievable blue, occupying the crater of an extinct volcano. Encircled by steep walls of lava, that tower 2000 feet above the surface of the Lake. Card Number(s): 878, 7A-H989 Photographer: Frashers Fotos Publisher: Wesley Andrews, Co., Portland, Ore.
Title (front): Crater Lake National Park, Oregon (top, center) Llao CLiff (bottom center) Postmark: None, unmailed Stamp: “Place one cent stamp here” box Back caption: The encircling lava walls, jagged and exquisitely colored, tower 2000 feet above the lake, itself 2000 feet deep, and is one of the deepest and by far the bluest water lake in the world. The face of Llao Rock is the highest vertical surface on the Rim, being 1997 feet above the surface and 8046 feet above sea level. Crater Lake is six miles long and four half miles wide. Vertical Divider Text (back): “C.T. ART-COLORTONE” REG. U.S.PAT.OFF.–WESLEY ANDREWS CO., PORTLAND, ORE. Card Number(s): 871 (front upper left corner), 7A-H982 (bottom right corner)
Title: Crater Lake National Park, Oregon, Sunset Over Wizard Island Back Caption: When the sun is in the west, and the shadows fall on the shimmering surface of this great “Sea of Silence”, words prove futile to describe the effect on those viewing this grand spectacle for the first time. Card Number(s): 884, 7A-H992 Publisher: Wesley Andrews, Inc., Portland, Ore.
Back Caption: Phantom Ship in Crater Lake, near Ashland, Oregon. Publisher: McNair Bros., Ashland, Oregon
Title: Sunset on Crater Lake, Oregon Postmark: Boardman, Oreg. Aug 11, 1936 Stamp: 1 cent Back Caption: Crater Lake is one of the grandest natural scenic lakes of the west. It is the highest body of water existing, being 8,000 feet above sea level, exceeds 2,000 feet in depth and has no visible outlet. Is surrounded by a National Reserve, situated in the Cascade Range, very popular for vacation and automobile trips. Card Number(s): 921, 90318 Publisher: Wesley Andrews, Inc., Portland, Ore.
Title (front): Sinnott Memorial Observation Station, Crater Lake National Park, Oregon-P28 Back Caption: Crater Lake National Park was created to preserve the deepest and the bluest lake in the world. Crater Lake itself is over 6,000 feet up in the Cascade Mountains. It is 15 miles long, 4 1/2 miles wide and 2,000 feet deep. Card Number(s): 31860 (back) Publisher: Natural Color Post Card Made in U. S. A. By E. C. Kropp Co., Milwaukee, Wis.-(Hey)
Title: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, Greetings from Crater Lake, Oregon Postmark: Salem, Oregon, Dec 18-1? 5PM Stamp: 1 cent Publisher: Patton Post Card Co., Salem, Oregon.
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