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Lake Champlain from Burlington, VT, 1908

About this postcard

An elevated view over the rooftops and treetops of Burlington, Vermont, looking west across Lake Champlain toward the Adirondack Mountains under a pink and gray sunset sky, with a side-wheel steamer and a small sailboat out on the water. The card was issued by the Detroit Publishing Company, whose numbered color views of American scenery circulated widely in the first decade of the twentieth century. Burlington was then a lumber and textile town and a busy Lake Champlain port served by steamboat lines running to New York and Canada.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

We had a nice trip here -

PostmarkedBurlington, VT, July 31, 1908, 22:30
Stamp
Addressed to
Miss Charlotte Bennett

Shurbank St Amherst, MA

Postcard record

Postmarked, Burlington, VT
PublisherDetroit Publishing Co.
Series10178
ConditionGood
Place addressedMiss Charlotte Bennett, Shurbank St, Amherst, MA
Place depictedLake Champlain
Place depictedBurlington, VT
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1902, perforated vertical sides only
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, perforated on all sides
NotesWhite border; postmark ink smudges across the sky; handwritten inscription in blue ink along the lower margin; printed copyright notice at lower right reads 'COPYRIGHT 1906. BY DETROIT PUBLISHING CO.' Postmark: BURLINGTON VT. JUL 31 10-30P 1908. Undivided back with red printed "POST CARD" heading and "THIS SIDE FOR THE ADDRESS" line; white border on front; front carries a 1906 copyright credit; light toning and slight corner wear.

Cite this card

Lake Champlain from Burlington, VT, 1908, postcard, c. 1908. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/lake-champlain-from-burlington-vt-1908. Accessed November 2, 2026.