Mrs. H. S. Whitman lived in Marlborough, a city in Middlesex County of northeast Massachusetts.
A manufacturing center in the 1930’s, Marlborough is now the home to high tech industries.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlborough,_Massachusetts
In July (?) of 1931, Mrs. Whitman received a postcard from Edith.
Edith mailed the postcard from North Woodstock, a census-designated place in Grafton County of central New Hampshire.
While lumbering was the principal industry in early years, the coming of the railroads in the latter 19th century made tourism the economic foundation for the following years.
The Appalachian Trail crosses the town.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodstock,_New_Hampshire
The face of the postcard is a hand-colored photograph of the “Old Man of the Mountain”.
This natural phenomenon, the result of an alignment of five limestone cliffs on Cannon Mountain, drew tourists to central New Hampshire since the 19th century.
The striking stone profile was the subject of literary references by Daniel Webster and Nathaniel Hawthorne.
New Hampshire license plates contained an image of this natural wonder.
Alas, the same freezing-and-thawing processes that led to the creation of the “face” led to its collapse in May of 2003.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Man_of_the_Mountain
This postcard photograph was published by the White Mountain Letter Company of Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
On the reverse of the postcard, Edith reports on their excursion.
At 8:15 AM, Edith reports. “Almost up here” – referring, we imagine, to reaching the “Old Man”.
The trip has been comfortable; Edith calculates that they have traveled almost 175 miles, and “had fine luck”.
Mrs. Whitman saved the postcard throughout her life.
One hopes that Edith and her party saw all the sights they hoped to see and returned safely with continued good luck.
