Saranac Lake, Adirondack Mountains

Name/Title

Saranac Lake, Adirondack Mountains

Entry/Object ID

2023.1.114

Description

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 Lake

State/Province

New York

Country

United States of America

Mountain

Mount Baker, Mount Pisgah

Body of Water

Lake Flower

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

Tuberculosis, Patients, Villages, Bodies of water, Downtown districts, Mountains

Postcard Details

Postcard Type

Undivided Back (1901-1907)

Publisher

Detroit Publishing Company

Postmark

Date and Time of Postmark

March 8, 1911

Postmark Place

Hamlet

Trudeau

City

Saranac Lake

State/Province

New York

Country

United States of America

Dimensions

Height

3-1/2 in

Width

5-1/2 in