Cummings California Hotel Residence 1909 RPPC Postcard Posted Divided

This 1909 posted real photo postcard of Cummings, California depicts a hillside hotel or residence overlooking a narrow creek in a rural mountain setting.

Small communities such as Cummings developed around resource extraction, transportation corridors, and waystations serving travelers in Northern California. Real photo postcards from this period frequently documented modest lodging houses and prominent local residences, providing visual records of settlements that later declined or disappeared. The combination of domestic architecture and natural landscape reflects the scale and character of early twentieth-century foothill life.

The RPPC features a sepia-toned photograph mounted within a white border, with the printed caption Cummings, California beneath the image. The structure appears as a two-story frame building with a covered porch, set above a winding stream and surrounded by trees and rocky terrain. The reverse shows a divided back format with a 1909 postmark and handwritten message, confirming early use during the height of real photo postcard production.

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