Color postcard (13.5 cm x 8.5 cm) with a view of people canoeing and swimming and standing at a dock with sail boats at Lake Nakomis. There are cabins along the shore. The title at the top left is "Scene on Lake Nakomis, Omaha, Neb.
Fifteen sportsmen founded the Omaha Rod & Gun club in 1905 on what was then named Cut-off Lake and also known as Lake Nakoma, or on this postcard, Lake Nakomis. Private clubs built bungalows and docks for various types of watercraft. The lake was renamed Carter Lake in July 1906. The 303.51 acre park was donated to the city of Omaha in 1908 and renamed Levi Carter Park also known as Carter Lake Park. It Source: Wakeley, Arthur. Omaha: The Gate City and Douglas County Nebraska, Chicago: S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, c1917, p. 160.
