Myrtle, Alex & Rhi (Mariah) Philip standing on boardwalk outside Alta Lake Post Office and Store at Rainbow Lodge. Inscription on verso reads "Rainbow 1940 / Alex saying his prayers. / (I guess he was bashful) / Myrtle & Rhi
Jean Tapley hanging in two large swing loops with friend Katie McGregor below. Store and post office in background. Annotation on verso: "Jean + Katy (Mrs Philips sister) and friend - apx 1916."
Alta Lake Post Office and Store from the lake in summer with an upturned canoe in foreground and a group of guests to right. On verso, postmard reads "Alta Lake B.C. SP 22 15" and 2 cent Canadian stamp is adhered. Postcard is addressed to "M D Newall / 184 High St / Dalbeattie / Scotland" and inscribed "Sept 15/15. This is a sample of a genuine log house. Staying in a smaller one and doing our own cooking. It is out of the world / mail comes twice a week. Having good fishing / 17 before 12 o'clock / 35 this afternoon, they are all just [illeg.] area [illeg.] around 1/2 lb. / largest was 2 lbs / DN" [Initials may be that of David Newall].