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Touring cars on the Mohawk Trail, Berkshire Hills, MA, circa 1915

Subjects
AutomobilesMountains & Hills
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1915 (White Border)
Front of Touring cars on the Mohawk Trail, Berkshire Hills, MA, circa 1915, Tichnor Bros., Inc., MA, USA, c. 1915 lithograph postcard
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Back of Touring cars on the Mohawk Trail, Berkshire Hills, MA, circa 1915, Tichnor Bros., Inc., MA, USA, c. 1915 lithograph postcard
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Two open touring cars climb a curving, stone-walled road cut into a wooded hillside on the Mohawk Trail, with a white rail fence along the outer edge of the bend. The caption places the scene in the Berkshire Hills, and the card's printed notice promotes the road as a $368,000 state highway linking Boston with New York and the West. The Mohawk Trail followed an old Native American footpath and became one of New England's best-known motoring routes after it opened to automobiles in 1914. The open cars and the route's new prominence place the scene in the early years of automobile tourism.

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PublisherTichnor Bros., Inc.
MOHAWK TRAIL, THROUGH THE BERKSHIRE HILLS. THE MOHAWK TRAIL, THROUGH THE BERKSHIRE HILLS. Built at a cost of $368,000 and was form- ally opened Oct. 27, 1914. The road forms the connecting link of the State highway from Boston to New York and the West and opens to automobilists a section of the beautiful parts of Berkshire Hills, which were up to this time, inacessible on account of the heavy grades.
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PublisherTichnor Bros., Inc.
ConditionGood
PublisherTichnor Bros., Inc., Boston, MA
NotesWhite border; color lithograph with visible screen pattern; corner chip at top right and light edge wear/soiling. No postmark; printed stamp box, no stamp applied. Divided back; white border; foxing/staining and corner wear. Printed historical description of the Mohawk Trail, opened Oct. 27, 1914; imprint Mfg. by Tichnor Bros., Inc., Boston, Mass.

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Touring cars on the Mohawk Trail, Berkshire Hills, MA, circa 1915, postcard, c. 1915. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/touring-cars-on-the-mohawk-trail-berkshire-hills-ma-circa-19. Accessed November 2, 2026.