Saranac Lake Village, Adirondack Mts., N.Y.

Name/Title

Saranac Lake Village, Adirondack Mts., N.Y.

Entry/Object ID

2021.6.158

Description

Color postcard showing a view of Saranac Lake from the side of Mt. Pisgah, looking south. The Branch & Callanan Warehouse, Saranac Lake Baptist Church, the original Saranac Lake High School, and other buildings are visible downtown. Printed caption on front reads, "Saranac Lake Village, Adirondack Mts., N.Y." Printed by the Rotograph Co., N. Y. City. Used, divided back, postmarked Saranac Lake, April 22, 1912. Handwritten message on back reads, "Dear Aunt - the wind is trying to blow me off the piazza but I weigh 180 now and don't blow so easily. My couch, where I lie most all day, looks off across a ploughed field and a cemetery o a fine hillside covered with tall pines. I'm getting along very well. Love to Uncle Nicholas. Hope you are both well. CCR." Mailed to Mrs. N. C. Reynolds, Exeter, R. I.

Subject Place

City

Saranac Lake

State/Province

New York

Country

United States of America

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

Villages, Postcards, Bodies of water

Dimensions

Height

3-1/2 in

Width

5-1/2 in