Vintage Postcard: Approaching Essex from North

Frequently we share a different historic image on the Essex on Lake Champlain Facebook page and invite our viewers to play some Vintage Essex Trivia.

Check out this vintage postcard! What do you recognize? What do you see that has changed? When do you think this photo dates to?

Here is what the community had to say:

Dianne B Lansing: I think it was taken in front of George and Susan Davis. Nice that they had sidewalks; the hitching posts are too far from the road to be useful.

Ken Hughes: I love the shade of those trees. What a difference it makes in framing the road.

Todd Goff: Note the gable end of a structure between the lodge and the yellow house recently known as art gallery/halpin/bailey. It’s gone today.

This postcard was mailed. Take a look at the back side of it below. The postage date looks like 1942.

Vintage Postcard: Approaching Essex from North (back) (Source: Geo Davis via Rosslyn Redux)

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

If you have any vintage Essex images or artifacts to share, let us know!

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.