Stillwater stretches to the horizon in this luminous colorized view of Laurel Lake in Lee, Massachusetts — a lone telegraph pole stands sentinel at the right, its wire bisecting a sky of layered cumulus, while a neatly fenced road runs along the near shore past a graceful deciduous tree and a pair of dark conifers, the Berkshire hills rolling softly in the distance. Laurel Lake, nestled in the southern Berkshires, was a favored summer retreat in the early 20th century, drawing visitors to Lee's inns and camps at a time when the railroad made the Berkshires newly accessible to Boston and New York families. This card was manufactured by the Hugh C. Leighton Co. of Portland, Maine — one of the most prolific American postcard publishers of the era — and printed in Frankfurt, Germany, catalogue number 2471. The back's postage box listing Cuba and Mexico at 1¢ and the Hugh Leighton "This Side Is For The Address" footer firmly place this in the 1905–1910 window.