Mr. George W. Johnson lived in Red Bank, a borough on the Navesink River in northern New Jersey.

This area was settled by Dutch and English immigrants in the 17th century, and once had a ship-building industry.  Today, the area is a bedroom community for New York City, twenty-five miles to the north.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Bank,_New_Jersey

In September of 1914, Mr. Johnson received a postcard from his grandson, Herbert, who was in New Hampshire. 

Herbert planned to return home in two weeks.

The postcard bears a hand-colored photograph of Turner’s Tavern in the town of Bethlehem, New Hampshire.

Bethlehem is an hillside town in west-central New Hampshire; part of the community is within the White Mountains National Forest.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethlehem,_New_Hampshire

Beginning in the 1870’s, after the railroad came to Bethlehem, the area became a Gilded Age resort.

More than thirty grand hotels and luxurious “cottages” housed wealthy New England residents who summered in the mountains.

(Due to its high altitude, the town was blessed with very low pollen counts during “hay fever” seasons.)

US Presidents Grant, Hayes, Roosevelt, Taft, and Harding – each visited Bethlehem.

Turner’s Tavern seems to have existed before the Gilded Age, but I have been unable to find a history of the establishment.

The postcard was published by the Atkinson News Company of Tilton, New Hampshire.

One hopes that GrandPop was pleased to receive the postcard from Herbert and that Herbert returned safely to his home.