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Peak of Mount Chocorua, White Mountains, NH, 1909

Subjects
Forests & TreesMountains & Hills
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1909 (Golden Age)
Front of Peak of Mount Chocorua, White Mountains, NH, 1909, c. 1909 lithograph postcard
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Back of Peak of Mount Chocorua, White Mountains, NH, 1909, c. 1909 lithograph postcard
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About this postcard

The bare granite summit of Mount Chocorua rises above dark evergreen scrub, with scattered boulders and ledges in the foreground. The peak, in the eastern White Mountains, is named for the Pequawket sachem Chocorua and was a favorite subject for landscape painters and postcard photographers; its open rock ledges are characteristic of the exposed summit cone.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pencil

This is a mountain which we see from here. Climbed Mt. Washington yesterday Helen.

PublisherThe Hugh C. Leighton Co.
White Mts. N.H. Peak of Chocorua Mt.
PostmarkedMOULTONS, NH, August 30, 1909, 06:00
Stamp
Addressed to
Miss Charlotte Hassett

Sparhawk St Amesbury, MA

Postcard record

Postmarked, MOULTONS, NH
PublisherThe Hugh C. Leighton Co.
Series8130
ConditionGood
Place addressedMiss Charlotte Hassett, Sparhawk St, Amesbury, MA
Place depictedMount Chocorua, NH
Place depictedWhite Mountains, NH
PublisherThe Hugh C. Leighton Co., Portland, ME
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, perforated on all sides
NotesWhite border at right and bottom; visible lithograph screen texture and light edge/corner wear. Postmark: circular date stamp, town arc reads MOULTON[...] N.H. (consistent with Moultonboro), AUG 30 6 AM 1909, partly obscured by the stamp. Divided back, white border, litho texture. Light edge wear.

Cite this card

Peak of Mount Chocorua, White Mountains, NH, 1909, postcard, c. 1909. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/peak-of-mount-chocorua-white-mountains-nh-1909. Accessed November 2, 2026.