Vintage Image: Steamboat Dock at St. Albans Bay

Vintage Postcard: Steamboat Dock at St. Albans Bay, VT (Source: Geo Davis via Rosslyn Redux)

Every week we share a different image on the Essex on Lake Champlain Facebook page and invite our viewers to play some Vintage Essex Trivia. The last image we shared is shown above, although we shared without it’s caption.

When do you think this old postcard dates to? Can you identify the ship? What about the dock? Anything else you’d like to share? The caption identifies the location as “Steamboat dock at St. Albans Bay, Vermont.”

Here’s just a bit of what the community already had to say about the image:

Dianne B Lansing: What does the design in the middle of the flag tell us?

Not sure which flag Dianne is referring to — the American flag is the only one I can see, but I can’t make out details, like number of stars on it…Can you? Unless there is another flag I’m missing?

Below you can see the back side of the postcard:

Steamboat Dock at St. Albans Bay (Postcard back side)

Do you have any other thoughts to share? Please leave a comment below!

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About Katie Shepard

Passionate about reading and writing stories, Katie Shepard enjoys discovering more about her home while writing and editing for Essex on Lake Champlain. Katie graduated from SUNY Plattsburgh in 2011 where she studied English literature, philosophy, and Asian studies. Her first book Essex, New York Architecture: A Doodler's Field Guide was published in 2015. Connect with her on Twitter, Facebook, or at Linked.in. Or email her at katie [@] essexeditions [dot] com.