Woodland path through tall trees, Petersburg, WV, 1916
- Subject
- Forests & Trees
- Card type
- Lithograph
About this postcard
A narrow dirt path climbs through a stand of tall, slender trees, with sunlight breaking through the canopy and thick green undergrowth crowding the trail's edges. No caption or landmark identifies the spot, so the view reads as generic Appalachian woodland. The card was mailed from Petersburg, in West Virginia's Potomac Highlands, to Berkeley Springs, a mineral springs resort town in the eastern panhandle that had drawn visitors for their health since the colonial era. Mixed hardwood forest of the kind shown covers much of that folded mountain country. The address reads Grant Yohn, though the place index renders the surname as Yoker.
Postcard Details
Berkeley Springs, WV
Postcard record
| Postmarked | , WV |
|---|---|
| Publisher | The American News Company |
| Series | M-4907— |
| Condition | Good |
| Place addressed | Grant Yoker, Berkeley Springs, WV |
| Publisher | The American News Company, New York, NY |
| Stamp | 1c George Washington, green, perforated on all sides |
| Notes | Worn corners and edge chipping; vertical surface lines/creasing visible; no printed caption. Postmark: double-circle cancellation, town name partly illegible (PE…RC), W. VA., AUG 12 5 AM 1916. Divided-back era (1916); Americhrome cloverleaf logo imprint (A N C, Leipzig Berlin New York, printed in the United States) and Pub. by The American News Company, New York; card number M-4907 at foot of left-edge imprint line; message written sideways in ink, roughly nine lines, largely illegible; worn, creased corners and edge wear. |
Cite this card
Woodland path through tall trees, Petersburg, WV, 1916, postcard, c. 1916. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/woodland-path-through-tall-trees-petersburg-wv-1916. Accessed November 2, 2026.