Incline RY. Station Looking North from Mt. Tom

Image ID: WPC 02:003
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Front:
Color image labeled "Incline Ry. Station Looking North from Mt. Tom, Mass." In the foreground is an enclosed path leadng to a small house at the top of Mount Tom. Telephone poles/electrical wires lead up the side of the mountain to the house. Mount Tom peak is beyond the house. In the background is the Connecticut River Valley with more mountains in the distance.
Message on back reads: "Laurel Park / Northampton, Mass, Sept 26 / Dear ones: Doggies too / Glad to hear from you! We start for points south Oct 8. Stay with Auguste in Peekskill a few days, then go to Delaware for a short visit, then home. We are ready to go it is getting quite cold here 34 this A. M. We both wish for a safe journey. I will write to Edie soon. Love from G. C. + E. [illegible]"
Back is addressed to: "Mrs. Emmett Stedman / Quacumquasit Lake / Brookfield / Mass"
Date is taken from postmark. No year indicated.

Image Details

Dublin Core
Title
Incline RY. Station Looking North from Mt. Tom
Subject
Stedman, Emmett
Description
Front:
Color image labeled "Incline Ry. Station Looking North from Mt. Tom, Mass." In the foreground is an enclosed path leadng to a small house at the top of Mount Tom. Telephone poles/electrical wires lead up the side of the mountain to the house. Mount Tom peak is beyond the house. In the background is the Connecticut River Valley with more mountains in the distance.
Message on back reads: "Laurel Park / Northampton, Mass, Sept 26 / Dear ones: Doggies too / Glad to hear from you! We start for points south Oct 8. Stay with Auguste in Peekskill a few days, then go to Delaware for a short visit, then home. We are ready to go it is getting quite cold here 34 this A. M. We both wish for a safe journey. I will write to Edie soon. Love from G. C. + E. [illegible]"
Back is addressed to: "Mrs. Emmett Stedman / Quacumquasit Lake / Brookfield / Mass"
Date is taken from postmark. No year indicated.
Date
26-Sep
Contributor
Donation of the Gutterman-Pohlman Family, Northampton. 2017
Identifier
WPC 02:003
Coverage
Holyoke, Mass
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Postcard
Physical Dimensions
Print size: 3.5" x 5.5"

Citation

“Incline RY. Station Looking North from Mt. Tom,” Forbes Library Images from the Archives (Legacy site: Pre-2022), accessed November 27, 2024, https://images.forbeslibrary.org/items/show/5110.