Subject: Crandall\'s Lodge and Beach, North Shore, Big Spirit Lake, Spirit Lake, Iowa (Card No. S42059).

Publisher / Photography: Published by Iowa Great Lakes News Bureau, Distributors, Spirit Lake, Iowa; natural color photo credited to Vinton C. Arnold, Spirit Lake, Iowa. Features a Dexter Press production number on the back.

Format: Chrome era printed postcard with descriptive text detailing the historic lodge (erected in 1879) and its location near the site of historic astronomical observations by Nicollet and Frémont.

Postal Status: Unposted / Unmailed. The card does not feature a postmark cancellation mark or postage stamp.

Dating Details: The Dexter Press catalog numbering format (S42059) and the mention of the lodge\'s erection in 1879 (\"after nearly a century\") place the production of this postcard in the early 1960s.