Wilson Potts lived on the very busy 14th Street in Manhattan.
(This is still a major thoroughfare across the island.)
In November of 1907, Wilson received a postcard from Lida.
The postcard was mailed from Glenco Mills, then a flourishing village in Columbia County in the Hudson River Valley.
This area once boasted a number of prosperous towns and villages.
https://www.cchsny.org/uploads/3/2/1/7/32173371/hidden_hamlets___vanishing_villages-cchsny.org.pdf
Lida’s postcard features an illustration of “Lover’s Glen”, a scenic spot near Hunter, New York.
The town of Hunter, and Hunter Mountain (second highest peak in the Catskills Mountains), lie north of Glenco Mills.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter,_New_York
On the reverse, Lida teases Wilson about his supposed desire to be in this secluded spot with a special “you know who”.
I have other postcards sent to Mr. Potts; he had other friends who also teased him about his romantic life.
One hopes that the city boy did find time to dally in the beautiful Hudson River Valley.
