Every Monday we share an image on the Essex on Lake Champlain Facebook page and invite our viewers to play some Vintage Essex Trivia.
Last week it was another old postcard depicting Main Street seen above. (Check out this link to see other old photos of Main Street throughout time: Main Street Archives.)
When do you think this photo was taken? What do you recognize? What has changed?
The most obvious change was pointed out:
Peter Cross: Wow, lots of trees. Must have been before the disease took out all the Elm trees.
Today there is a much clearer view of the buildings and not as much foliage.
As the caption notes, this scene is orienting us to the north. I cannot tell exactly where on Main Street the photo was taken, but I think it’s about half-way up that road in town because in the far background (to the left) I believe that is the area with the Essex Inn and Town Hall. What do you think?
Along the left side of the backside of the postcard I can make out the publisher: “Pub. for Alexander News, Essex, NY, by C.W. Hughes & Co. Inc. Mechanicville, NY.” The stamped date also tells us that this postcard was mailed from Essex on July 23, 1937. That dates the photo on the front to that year or prior.
Any thoughts to share? Please leave a comment!
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