Real-photo postcard with image of boaters and swimmers at a pier jutting out into Balsam Lake. Houses and deciduous trees can be seen on the distant shore. Text printed on verso: The Co-Mo Company, Post Cards, Minneapolis. Date from message: Aug. 24, 1924; mailed from Balsam Lake; 1¢ green Benjamin Franklin stamp. Message: Addressed to Mrs. Nels Hammer, Galesville Wisc.; "Dear Sister & all, I just wish you were here. I am having a very nice time. Came here yesterday. Drov[e] 79 miles. Allice put up a nice big lunch, it sure tasted good. It rained in the morning so we left Minnpls 3 oclock came here at 7 oclock. Will have to come over and tele you all about my trip. Regards to Father & Mother & all. (Christine)"