Miss Ida Bard lived in Columbia, the prosperous borough in the banks of the Susquehanna River in south-central Pennsylvania.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia,_Pennsylvania
Her house at 612 Manor Street is a two-story townhouse constructed in 1850.
https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/612-Manor-St_Columbia_PA_17512_M45483-75215
In September of 1938, Ida received a postcard from Roy and Margie.
The postcard was mailed from Fabyan House, a grand hotel in Coos County of northern New Hampshire.
Coos County includes Mount Washington, and the builder of Fabyan House (Sylvester Marsh) also built the Mount Washington Cog Railway.
Here is a photograph of Fabyan House shared from Wikipedia.
Fabyan House had a Post Office from 1872-1960; a rural station had the same name from 1961-1973
The resort, with its riding stables, billiard hall, bowling lanes, and parlor of 3500 square feet, burned down in 1951.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabyan_House
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The face of the postcard is a photograph of “Eagle Cliff and Echo Lake” in the “White Mtns., N. H.”
We have seen other postcards related to the beauties of New Hampshire:
“Visit to Mount Washington” (1905), “Visitors to the Polar Caves” (1935), “Another Rocky Profile” (1925), “Ruth and the Boys in Keene” (1930), and “Take the Roadster to Plymouth” (1911).
This scene is located near Franconia Notch, in Grafton County of west-central New Hampshire.
Nearby was the famous profile of “Old Man of the Mountain”.
We may assume that Roy and Margie shared a cabin here before or after visiting Fabyan House to the north
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On the reverse, Roy and Margie write about the beauty of this place: “Well, Aunt Ida, this would be something for you to see.”
They add that they “have never seen such beautiful scenery.”
Tonight. The pair are “staying in a beautiful cabin”.
The message was sent with “Love”, and Aunt Ida preserved it in excellent condition throughout her life.
One hopes that Roy and Margie continued to enjoy the White Mountains, and that they maintained a long correspondence with Aunt Ida.
