A broad, rounded mountain covered in dense woods fills the upper part of the view, with cleared pasture and cultivated fields stepping down toward the foreground. A small white farmhouse and a few outbuildings sit among scattered trees at the lower edge of the fields.
The scene reads as a hillside farm of the kind worked in the eastern mountains in the early 1900s, where a woodlot for fuel and timber was kept alongside grazing land and plowed ground. The peak and locality are not identified on the card.
Postcard Details
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Postcard record
Condition
Fair
Notes
White border around a sepia real photo print; heavy foxing, mottling and blue discoloration along the lower edge, plus wear and chipping at the top border.
No postmark, no address, no message — back is entirely blank apart from the printed headings: 'POST CARD' and 'THE ADDRESS TO BE WRITTEN ON THIS SIDE', with a ship-design 'Place 1-Cent Stamp Here' stamp box, typical of c.1901–1907 privately printed cards; front is a matte real-photo print with a white border. Light soiling and foxing on the card stock.
Cite this card
Mountain rising above farm fields and farmhouse, circa 1901, postcard, c. 1901. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/mountain-rising-above-farm-fields-and-farmhouse-circa-1901. Accessed November 2, 2026.
