PostalPast
← Back to browse

Silver Lake and Mount Chocorua, White Mountains, New Hampshire, circa 1910

Subjects
Forests & TreesLakes & PondsMountains & Hills
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1902 (Early)
Front of Silver Lake and Mount Chocorua, White Mountains, New Hampshire, circa 1910, Madison, NH, USA, c. 1902 lithograph postcard
Front
Back of Silver Lake and Mount Chocorua, White Mountains, New Hampshire, circa 1910, Madison, NH, USA, c. 1902 lithograph postcard
Back

About this postcard

The view looks across the rippled water of Silver Lake toward Mount Chocorua, with pine woods along the shore and the White Mountains in the distance; the printed caption names "White Mts. N.H., Silver Lake, Madison and Mt. Chocorua." Silver Lake is in Madison, New Hampshire, and Mount Chocorua is a prominent southern White Mountains peak long favored by landscape artists and postcard publishers.

Postcard Details

Message

No message detected

PublisherThe Hugh C. Leighton Co.
White Mts. N.H., Silver Lake, Madison and Mt. Chocorua. --- Post Card THE HUGH C. LEIGHTON CO., MANUFACTURERS, PORTLAND, ME., U.S.A. PRINTED IN FRANKFORT O/MAIN, GERMANY. No. 3131 THIS SIDE IS FOR THE ADDRESS
PostmarkedConway, NH, September 4, 1906, 13:00
Stamp
Addressed to
Charlotte S. Harsett

44 Sparhawk St., Amesbury, MA

Postcard record

Postmarked, Conway, NH
PublisherThe Hugh C. Leighton Co.
ConditionFair
Place addressedCharlotte S. Harsett, 44 Sparhawk St., Amesbury, MA
Place depictedSilver Lake, Madison, NH
Place depictedMount Chocorua, NH
Place mentionedMadison, NH
PublisherThe Hugh C. Leighton Co., Portland, ME
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1902
NotesWhite border; surface abrasions and scratches in the sky; handwritten "Aunt Martha" at lower right. Postmark: CONWAY N.H. SEP 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, White Mountains, New Hampshire, circa 1910, postcard, c. 1902. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/silver-lake-and-mount-chocorua-white-mountains-new-hampshire. Accessed October 24, 2026.