Grass Valley California Lola Montez House 1940s RPPC Postcard Unposted

This 1940s real photo postcard from Grass Valley, California, depicts the Lola Montez House, a historic residence associated with the nineteenth-century performer and figure of the California Gold Rush era.

Lola Montez, a well-known dancer and public personality, became connected to Grass Valley during the mining boom period, and her residence remained a point of local historical interest. Structures like this were preserved and photographed as tangible links to early settlement and cultural life in California’s mining communities.

The image features a two-story wooden house partially shaded by surrounding trees, with a front porch and decorative window details visible along the façade. The composition emphasizes the domestic architecture and natural setting, presenting the structure as a preserved historic site within a wooded residential landscape. Caption text identifying the house appears along the lower portion of the image, reinforcing its historical association.

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