Fish Creek, State Camping Grounds Between Tupper Lake and Saranac Lake, N.Y.

Name/Title

Fish Creek, State Camping Grounds Between Tupper Lake and Saranac Lake, N.Y.

Entry/Object ID

2024.3.39

Description

Color postcard showing a road lined with birch trees. There are tents and cars visible through the trees. Printed caption on front reads, "Fish Creek, State Camping Grounds Between Tupper Lake and Saranac Lake, N.Y." Printed by C. W. Hughes & Co., Inc., Mechanicville, NY. Used, divided back, white border, postmarked Lake Clear Junction, NY, July 6, 1950. Handwritten message on back reads, "This is where we are it's beautiful the lake is 5 miles around it. And there are 400 camp sites. Really tent village. It's to [sic] north to get warm enough to sun burn. One gets plenty of good air and rest. Beautiful all I can say. So long Mrs. Teator." Mailed to Mrs. C. Beverstock, Sherwood Park, Rensselaer, NY.

Subject Place

Body of Water

Fish Creek Pond

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

Tents, Camping

Postcard Details

Postcard Type

Linen (1930-1945)

Publisher

C. W. Hughes & Co., Ltd.

Transcription

Transcription

This is where we are it's beautiful the lake is 5 miles around it. And there are 400 camp sites. Really tent village. It's to [sic] north to get warm enough to sun burn. One gets plenty of good air and rest. Beautiful all I can say. So long Mrs. Teator.

Transcriber

Monks-Kelly, Chessie

Dimensions

Height

3-1/2 in

Width

5-1/2 in