Entrance to Council Rock, Otsego Lake, Cooperstown, NY, 1953

Subjects: Lakes & Ponds Monuments & Memorials Native American Life
Card type: Linen
Date: c. 1947 (Chrome)

Back of Entrance to Council Rock, Otsego Lake, Cooperstown, NY, 1953, Mrs. Samuel Waynant, NJ, USA, c. 1947 linen postcard — Back

About this postcard

View through a stone gateway with two lantern-topped pillars framing Otsego Lake, with wooded hills and a sunset sky beyond. Small boats float on the water and two carved wooden posts stand on the lawn in the foreground.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pencil

Dear Floris On a couple day trip with John + Marge Scott Just having dinner Sat eve, As Ever. Bill + Vivian

PostmarkedRichfield Springs, NY, August 2, 1953, 12:00

Addressed to

Mrs. Samuel Waynant

Star Route Crosswicks, NJ

Postcard record

Postmarked	August 2, 1953, 12:00, Richfield Springs, NY
Publisher	C. W. Hughes & Co., Inc.
Series	102 7B452-N
Condition	Very good
Place addressed	Mrs. Samuel Waynant, Star Route, Crosswicks, NJ
Publisher	C. W. Hughes & Co., Inc., Mechanicville, NY
Stamp	2c John Adams, red, issued 1980
Stamp	2c John Adams, issued 1938
Notes	Linen-textured stock with white border; Curt Teich card number 7B452-N printed at lower right; caption number 102. Postmark: RICHFIELD SPRINGS, N.Y. AUG 2 12-M 1953. Divided-back C.T. American Art card; distributed by C. W. Hughes & Co., Inc., Mechanicville, N.Y.; linen texture, white border; heavy foxing/staining on the address side.

Cite this card

Entrance to Council Rock, Otsego Lake, Cooperstown, NY, 1953, postcard, c. 1947. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/entrance-to-council-rock-otsego-lake-cooperstown-ny-1953. Accessed November 2, 2026.