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Postcard 1907 Dalton MA Willows Willowbrook Pond Pre-Linen Hugh Leighton
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Pre-linen · 1906

Postcard 1907 Dalton MA Willows Willowbrook Pond Pre-Linen Hugh Leighton

Dalton, Massachusetts, USA1906Pre-linenGood

A glassy pond mirrors a canopy of weeping willows and lush summer trees in this dreamy Edwardian-era view of Willowbrook in Dalton, Massachusetts — a Berkshire mill town better known for making the paper used in U.S. currency than for its pastoral beauty, yet scenes like this proved locals knew how to rest easy. Published by the Hugh C. Leighton Co. of Portland, Maine, and printed in Frankfurt, Germany, this undivided-back card dates to the pioneering years of the postcard craze, circa 1905–1907, when American publishers routinely sent their lithographic work overseas for the superior color printing available in German workshops. A low rope fence traces the pond's near edge, a wooden bench waits in the middle distance, and flowering shrubs glow at the left — a composed, painterly scene that feels more like a lantern slide than a photograph. The card was never mailed and retains crisp, clean stock.

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PC-01401 · Hugh C. Leighton Co., Portland, ME
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