Berkeley House, Main Street, Saranac Lake, N.Y.

Postcard

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Historic Saranac Lake

Name/Title

Berkeley House, Main Street, Saranac Lake, N.Y.

Entry/Object ID

2024.1.100

Description

Color postcard showing the Berkeley House in the moonlight. Printed caption on front reads, "Berkeley House, Main Street, Saranac Lake, N.Y." Printed by the Valentine & Sons' Publishing Co., Ltd., New York. Used, divided back, postmarked Raybrook, NY, February 12, 1908. Handwritten message on back reads, "The main you spoke about is up here Mr. Smith do you know him your father must be having a fine time traveling the ice is 24 inches thick up here but no skating too much snow there are about 175 patients up here two eloped the other day lots of excitement Harry." Mailed to Miss Ruth King, Good Ground, Long Island, N.Y.

Subject Place

Business

Main Street, 88 and 90

Street

Main Street

City

Saranac Lake

State/Province

New York

Country

United States of America

Collection

Ann Pecora Diamond Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Postcard

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Writing Media

Nomenclature Class

Written Communication T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Hotels, Moonlight

Postcard Details

Postcard Type

Undivided Back (1901-1907)

Postmark

Date and Time of Postmark

October 26, 1906

Postmark Place

Hamlet

Trudeau

City

Saranac Lake

State/Province

New York

Country

United States of America

Transcription

Transcription

The main you spoke about is up here Mr. Smith do you know him your father must be having a fine time traveling the ice is 24 inches thick up here but no skating too much snow there are about 175 patients up here two eloped the other day lots of excitement Harry.

Transcriber

Monks-Kelly, Chessie

Dimensions

Height

3-1/2 in

Width

5-1/2 in