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Automobiles on the Mohawk Trail through the Berkshire Hills, Massachusetts, circa 1915

Subjects
AutomobilesMountains & Hills
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1915 (White Border)
Front of Automobiles on the Mohawk Trail through the Berkshire Hills, Massachusetts, circa 1915, Tichnor Bros., Inc., MA, USA, c. 1915 lithograph postcard
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Back of Automobiles on the Mohawk Trail through the Berkshire Hills, Massachusetts, circa 1915, Tichnor Bros., Inc., MA, USA, c. 1915 lithograph postcard
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Two open touring cars climb a curving, stone-walled mountain road cut into a wooded hillside, with a white rail fence along the outer edge of the bend. The caption names the scene as the Mohawk Trail through the Berkshire Hills of northwestern Massachusetts, a scenic highway following an old Native American footpath that was opened to automobile traffic in 1914 and quickly became one of New England's best-known motoring routes. The early open cars and the hand-colored roadside view date the image to the teens or early 1920s.

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PublisherTichnor Bros., Inc.
MOHAWK TRAIL, THROUGH THE BERKSHIRE HILLS. --- POST CARD PLACE STAMP HERE UNITED STATES AND CANADA ONE CENT FOREIGN TWO CENTS Mfg. by Tichnor Bros., Inc., Boston, Mass. THE MOHAWK TRAIL, THROUGH THE BERKSHIRE HILLS. Built at a cost of $368,000 and was form- ally opened Oct. 27, 1914. The road forms the connecting link of the State highway from Boston to New York and the West and opens to automobilists a section of the beautiful parts of Berkshire Hills, which were up to this time, inaccessible on account of the heavy grades. THIS SPACE FOR THE ADDRESS
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PublisherTichnor Bros., Inc.
ConditionGood
PublisherTichnor Bros., Inc., Boston, MA
NotesWhite border; color lithograph with visible screen pattern; corner chip at top right and light edge wear/soiling. No postmark. Divided back; white border; foxing/staining and corner wear. Printed ad for the Mohawk Trail, opened Oct. 27, 1914; imprint Tichnor Bros., Boston.

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Automobiles on the Mohawk Trail through the Berkshire Hills, Massachusetts, circa 1915, postcard, c. 1915. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/automobiles-on-the-mohawk-trail-through-the-berkshire-hills. Accessed October 24, 2026.