Silver Lake gleams turquoise at the heart of a lush Green Mountain valley in this hand-colored panoramic view of Barnard, Vermont — a small hilltop village that would later become famous as the summer retreat of author Sinclair Lewis, who wrote several novels here in the 1920s. White clapboard houses nestle among ancient maples at the water's edge, rolling farmland quilts the surrounding hills in every shade of summer green, and a pale rose-gold sky crowns the horizon in a palette that feels almost too idyllic to be real. Published by Woodstock Pharmacy (W.D. Clough, proprietor) in nearby Woodstock, Vermont, and printed by the renowned Albertype Company of Brooklyn — specialists in the finest American-made view postcards — this hand-colored card represents a high point of early 20th-century American postcard artistry. Barnard's Silver Lake and its photogenic hillside village make this a sought-after local-interest card for Vermont collectors.