Silver Lake and Mount Chocorua, Madison, NH, 1906
- Card type
- Lithograph
- Date
- c. 1906 (Early)
About this postcard
The view crosses Silver Lake toward Mount Chocorua, with a dark band of pine along the near shore and the bare peak rising beyond. The lake lies in the town of Madison, New Hampshire, at the southern edge of the White Mountains, and the printed caption names the lake, the town, and the mountain together. Chocorua's granite summit was among the most painted peaks in the White Mountains, a favorite of nineteenth-century landscape artists and a standard sight for summer visitors who came north by rail. By the early 1900s the region was a well-established resort area, and views like this one were the usual way travelers sent the scenery home.
Postcard Details
44 Sparhawk St Amesbury, MA
Postcard record
| Postmarked | , CONW., NH |
|---|---|
| Publisher | The Hugh C. Leighton Co. |
| Condition | Fair |
| Place addressed | Miss Charlotte S. Hassett, 44 Sparhawk St, Amesbury, MA |
| Place depicted | Mount Chocorua, NH |
| Place depicted | Silver Lake, Madison, NH |
| Place mentioned | Madison, NH |
| Publisher | The Hugh C. Leighton Co., Portland, ME |
| received | Amesbury |
| Stamp | 1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1902, perforated vertical sides only |
| Stamp | 1c Benjamin Franklin, Scott #300, green, issued 1903 |
| Notes | White border; surface abrasions and scratches in the sky; faint pencil inscription "Aunt Martha" at lower right of the front. Postmark: CONW. N.H. SEP 3 1906 1-PM flag cancel over the stamp, plus AMESBURY SEP 4 7-AM 1906 receiving mark. Undivided back with "THIS SIDE IS FOR THE ADDRESS"; green 1c Franklin stamp; light edge/corner wear and a few surface spots. |
Cite this card
Silver Lake and Mount Chocorua, Madison, NH, 1906, postcard, c. 1906. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/silver-lake-and-mount-chocorua-madison-nh-1906. Accessed November 2, 2026.