A swan-shaped parade float glides past crowded, bunting-draped grandstands in this postcard of the annual Healdsburg Water Carnival on California's Russian River — an event the Northwestern Pacific Railroad actively promoted with excursion trains and souvenir postcards to draw crowds from across Sonoma County.

• Caption: "2029 — Water Carnival, Healdsburg, California, Northwestern Pacific R.R."
• Card no.: 2029
• Publisher: Edw. H. Mitchell, San Francisco
• Status: Unposted