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Cupsuptic Stream, Rangeley Lakes, Maine, circa 1907

Subjects
Forests & TreesLakes & PondsRivers & Streams
Card type
Lithograph
Front of Cupsuptic Stream, Rangeley Lakes, Maine, circa 1907, lithograph postcard
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Back of Cupsuptic Stream, Rangeley Lakes, Maine, circa 1907, lithograph postcard
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About this postcard

A quiet view of Cupsuptic Stream near the Rangeley Lakes in western Maine: a still, dark pool mirrors a dense wall of spruce and fir, with a pale granite boulder at the right bank and a few bare snags rising among the evergreens. The Rangeley Lakes region, in Franklin and Oxford counties, became one of Maine's best-known sporting and resort areas in the late nineteenth century, drawing anglers for landlocked salmon and brook trout and vacationers to its grand hotels and camps. Cupsuptic Lake and Stream lie at the western end of the chain, near the Rangeley region's remote backcountry.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Dear Charlotte: - I got here about 7 Saturday night. We had a beautiful ride across the lake, as most of the boys go from- for cabin- where camp are the mountain & would be on the first place. We

PublisherHugh C. Leighton Co.
Rangeley Lakes, Me., Cupsuptic Stream. --- Post Card. THE HUGH C. LEIGHTON CO., MANUFACTURERS, PORTLAND, ME., U.S.A. PRINTED IN FRANKFORT O/MAIN, GERMANY. No. 2990 THIS SIDE IS FOR THE ADDRESS
PostmarkedME
Stamp
Addressed to
Miss Charlotte S. Hasett

44 Sparhawk St., Amesbury, MA

Postcard record

PostmarkedME
PublisherHugh C. Leighton Co.
ConditionFair
Place addressedMiss Charlotte S. Hasett, 44 Sparhawk St., Amesbury, MA
Place depictedRangeley Lakes, Rangeley, ME
Place mentionedFrankfort o/Main, Germany, Frankfort o/Main
PublisherHugh C. Leighton Co., Portland, ME
Stamp1c George Washington, green, perforated on all sides
NotesUndivided-back era card with the message written on the front; visible crack/crease lines across the image and a thin white margin at the edges. Postmark: PE[illegible] A 3 190[illegible] MAIN[E]. Undivided back ("THIS SIDE IS FOR THE ADDRESS"), 1¢ green Franklin adhesive stamp, Hugh C. Leighton Co. imprint printed in Frankfort o/Main, Germany; light edge wear, toning and a few stains.

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Cupsuptic Stream, Rangeley Lakes, Maine, circa 1907, postcard, n.d.. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/cupsuptic-stream-rangeley-lakes-maine-circa-1907. Accessed October 24, 2026.