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A 5.5x3.5" vintage RPPC photo postcard from the estate of a vintage postcard collector. This was part of a huge collection of antique postcards.
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Photo Overview
This vintage real photo postcard shows the cozy midcentury lobby of the Camas Hot Springs bathhouse at Hot Springs, Western Montana, featuring leather armchairs and sofas grouped around a large stone fireplace with a carved bear statue on the mantel, wood paneled walls, a front desk and lobby counter at right, a classic Coca Cola vending machine, fluorescent ceiling lights, and a wall clock, capturing the welcoming interior of this regional resort spa.
Camas Hot Springs, near the town of Hot Springs in Sanders County, Montana, was a well known therapeutic destination where visitors came to soak in mineral rich waters believed to ease arthritis and other ailments, and the 1950s and 1960s saw a boom of Western motor tourists staying in modest bathhouses and lodges like this one. Collectors prize real photo postcards of small town Western resorts because many of these independent properties have closed or been remodeled beyond recognition, so add this authentic piece of Montana hot springs history to your collection before someone else grabs it.
Print analysis: This is a divided back postcard with a real photographic image showing continuous tone and slight silvering rather than visible halftone or lithographic dot patterns, indicating a real photo postcard (RPPC) likely printed in the 1950s or early 1960s from an original negative. There are no modern barcodes or zip code references, supporting a mid 20th century date. As it appears to have been produced within a few years of the photograph being taken, it would be considered a Type 1 original RPPC.
Condition: All postcards we sell are in fair to excellent vintage condition. Please see photos for any tears, folds, smudges, or other age damage that may be present.
