Name/Title
Saranac Lake, Adirondack MountainsEntry/Object ID
2023.1.114Description
Color postcard showing a wide view of Saranac Lake and Lake Flower from Blood Hill/Lake Street Hill. Printed caption on front reads, “Saranac Lake, Adirondack Mountains.” Handwritten labels above the mountains read, “Pisgah,” and “Baker,” with an “x” between them [likely the location of Trudeau Sanatorium]. Printed by Detroit Photographic Co. Used, undivided back, white space at bottom front for message, postmarked Trudeau, NY, March 8, 1907.
Handwritten message on front reads, “Dear M. Thank you much for your dear Valentine Letter. It was sweet of you. Hope you are well & having a fine time. I am not sure whether you are home from your visit or not. Please sometime send me Emily’s address. Still on cold storage way over between these two mt. Peaks on this side of ‘Pisgah.’ With love, Gertrude.” Mailed to Miss Marguerite Bullard, S. Franklin S., Wilkes Barre, PA.Subject Place
City
Saranac LakeState/Province
New YorkCountry
United States of AmericaMountain
Mount Baker, Mount PisgahBody of Water
Lake FlowerCollection
Ann Pecora Diamond CollectionLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
PostcardNomenclature Sub-Class
Writing MediaNomenclature Class
Written Communication T&ENomenclature Category
Category 06: Tools & Equipment for CommunicationLOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Tuberculosis, Patients, Villages, Bodies of water, Downtown districts, MountainsPostcard Details
Postcard Type
Undivided Back (1901-1907)Publisher
Detroit Publishing CompanyPostmark
Date and Time of Postmark
March 8, 1911Postmark Place
Hamlet
TrudeauCity
Saranac LakeState/Province
New YorkCountry
United States of AmericaDimensions
Height
3-1/2 inWidth
5-1/2 in