A dark, grainy view of the profile rock formation known as the Great Stone Face, silhouetted against a blank sky. The formation, the Old Man of the Mountain, was a series of five granite ledges on Cannon Mountain in Franconia Notch, New Hampshire, that together resembled a human profile; it was New Hampshire's state emblem and collapsed in 2003. The card's caption uses the popular nineteenth-century name popularized by Nathaniel Hawthorne's story.
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pen
Saw this plain from Mt. Agassiz
- 2500 ft, which I climbed this after-
noon.
Undivided-back era card with a white caption margin at the bottom; visible halftone screen, worn corners and light soiling. Handwritten message in ink across the lower margin of the picture side.
Postmark: SEP 2 5-PM 1907 MASS; partial BE... N.H. cancel. Undivided back with "This side is for the address."; 1¢ Franklin stamp; light toning/foxing.
Cite this card
The Old Man of the Mountain (Great Stone Face), Franconia Notch, New Hampshire, circa 1905, postcard, c. 1902. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/the-old-man-of-the-mountain-great-stone-face-franconia-notch. Accessed October 24, 2026.
