Name/Title
NC100 - PROFILE LAKE, FRANCONIA NOTCH, NEW HAMPSHIREEntry/Object ID
MWM2025.0005.0005Description
A post card containing an eye-level photograph of Profile Lake in Franconia Notch in which ~three people sit or stand on a dock. The photo is in color.
Typical postcard back containing, 1, further information about Profile Lake and Franconia Notch; 2, fabrication information from both publisher and color company.
1: NC100 - PROFILE LAKE, FRANCONIA NOTCH, NEW HAMPSHIRE, The lake takes its name from the great stone profile known as the Old Man of the Mountain, which towers high above it. Eagle Cliff and the lower slopes of My Lafayette are at right where highway U.S. 3 skirts the lake.
2.1: PUBLISHED FOR BROMLEY & COMPANY, INC., BOSTON 14, MASSACHUSETTS
2.2: NATURAL Color (R) Card FROM KODACHROME
2.3: A MIKE ROBERTS COLOR PRODUCTION, BERKELEY 2, CALIFORNIA
Transcription: 7-1-50, We have had a grand trip up. It is now 6:15pm + we are eating dinner about 10 mi. from our camping ground. Tomorrow we start to hike. Love, Elinor
Addressee: Mr. + Mrs. George HartnellSubject
Profile LakeSubject Place
Location
Franconia NotchCounty
GraftonState/Province
New HampshireCountry
United States of AmericaContinent
North AmericaCollection
Permanent CollectionAcquisition
Accession
MWM2025.0005Source or Donor
Cindy AmrheinLexicon
LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
PostcardsSearch Terms
Profile Lake, Franconia NotchLegacy Lexicon
Object Name
PostcardClass
Writing MediaPostcard Details
Postcard Type
Photochrome (1930-Present)Publisher
Bromley & Company, Inc.Postmark
Date and Time of Postmark
July 3, 1950Postmark Place
* Untyped Postmark Place
West ThorntonCounty
GraftonState/Province
New HampshireCountry
United States of AmericaContinent
North AmericaAddressee
Name
Mr. + Mrs. George HartnellAddress
City
WyomingState/Province
New YorkPrimary Language
EnglishTranscription
Transcription
7-1-50, We have had a grand trip up. It is now 6:15pm + we are eating dinner about 10 mi. from our camping ground. Tomorrow we start to hike. Love, ElinorTranscriber
Zechariah SmithLanguage
English