Glenmere Lake post card

Postcard

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Chester Historical Society

Glenmere Lake postcard: This monochrome photo postcard shows an old, sepia-toned photograph of a serene landscape featuring a calm Glenmere Lake and distant hills under an open sky, bordered by a grassy foreground. Below the photograph, handwritten text references the date October 11, 1905, and includes a personal note reflecting on the peaceful scenery, likening it to moonlight and suggesting a strong sense of nostalgia. The writer, Alice, mentions writing the note that afternoon in anticipation of it being received the following morning.
Glenmere Lake postcard

This monochrome photo postcard shows an old, sepia-toned photograph of a serene landscape featuring a calm Glenmere Lake and distant hills under an open sky, bordered by a grassy foreground. Below the photograph, handwritten text references the date October 11, 1905, and includes a personal note reflecting on the peaceful scenery, likening it to moonlight and suggesting a strong sense of nostalgia. The writer, Alice, mentions writing the note that afternoon in anticipation of it being received the following morning.

Name/Title

Glenmere Lake post card

Entry/Object ID

chs-008551

Description

This monochrome photo postcard shows an old, sepia-toned photograph of a serene landscape featuring a calm Glenmere Lake and distant hills under an open sky, bordered by a grassy foreground. Below the photograph, handwritten text references the date October 11, 1905, and includes a personal note reflecting on the peaceful scenery, likening it to moonlight and suggesting a strong sense of nostalgia. The writer, Alice, mentions writing the note that afternoon in anticipation of it being received the following morning addressed to Mr. Howard Conklin of White Plains, postmarked 1905,

Subject Place

* Untyped Subject Place

Glenmere Lake (reservoir) - Orange County - New York

Category

Glenmere Lake
Chester Views

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Category

Glenmere Lake

Postcard Details

Postcard Type

Post Card

Date Published

Oct 11, 1905

Transcription

Oct 11, 1906 Doesn't this look like the moonlight night we were there. Will write this afternoon so you will get it tomorrow morning. Alice [verso] Sugar Loaf NY [postmark] Sugar Loaf, N.Y. Oct 11 1905 Post Card This Side For The Address Mr. Howard Conklin 11 Brookfield St White Plains New York ℅ Tammany.

Dimensions

Height

8.9 cm

Width

13.6 cm

General Notes

Note

Monochrome photo Post Card 5 3/8 by 3 1/2 inches Addressed to: Mr. Howard Conklin 11 Brookfield St White Plains, New York c/o Tammany Message: Oct. 11, 1905 Dosen’t this look like the moon-light night we where there. Will write this afternoon so you will get it tomorrow moning. Alice -------------- The view appears to be of Glenmere Lake, looking southeast from from the former picnic area that was near the spillway.

Create Date

August 1, 2024

Update Date

January 26, 2026