Miss Lorna Ness lived in Dallastown, a borough of York County in south-central Pennsylvania.
Dallastown was named for George M. Dallas, Vice-President of the US under James Polk (1845-1849).
Dallastown is about eight miles southeast of the city of York.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallastown,_Pennsylvania
In September of 1929, Lorna received a postcard from Jean Lentz.
Jean mailed the greeting from Coudersport, a small borough and county seat of Potter County of north-central Pennsylvania.
Located in a broad valley of the Allegheny River and Mills Creek, and surrounded by high plateaus, Coudersport was served by a railroad line in 1929.
(Fun Trivia: Eliot Ness, famed G-Man who led the “Untouchables” in the undercover investigation of the Al Capone Gang, was born in Coudersport).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coudersport,_Pennsylvania
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The face of the postcard is a photograph of the entrance to the “Ice Mine” at Coudersport.
The Ice Mine is a natural phenomenon by which the pressure of air forced across underground springs causes ice to form (as huge icicles or as a thick crust) at the cave mouth.
This occurs only from Spring until Fall; the temperature differential in winter is insufficient for the process to occur.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coudersport_Ice_Mine
The cave mouth was discovered in 1894, and was a tourist attraction until 1990.
In recent years, new owners have reopened the site to visitors in the summer months.
Although called the “Ice Mine”, the ice was not harvested for any commercial purpose.
The postcard was published originally by the Coudersport Ice Mine; this image was re-colored and republished by The Curt Teich Company of Chicago.
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On the reverse, Jean alludes to Lorna’s postcard hobby, “Here’s another for the collection.”
Jean announces, “I’ll be home Monday afternoon”.
She adds, “I guess I’ll see you before this comes.”
Jean sent the postcard with “love”.
One hopes that Lorna was thrilled with this addition to her postcard collection, that Jean returned safely as planned, and that the friends remained correspondents for many years.
