Lake Winnipesaukee Photo Tour #1
Greetings From Lake Winnipesaukee (#1)
Multiview postcard published circa 1960 by Bromley & Co. Version number one of two different versions of the card that were published. The photo numbers below correspond with the above postcard.
#1 The Motor Vessel Mount Washington
#2 In Tuftonboro
#3 Center Harbor and Red Hill
#4 From Meredith Hill (Lochhaven)
#5 Endicott Park, Weirs Beach
#6 Lakeport, Opechee and Paugus (and Downtown Laconia)
#7 Mount Belknap Recreational Area
#8 Mount Washington at Alton Bay
#9 In Downtown Wolfeboro
#10 Melvin Village
For galleries of historical postcards and extensive information about the #4, #6, and #9 multiview subjects, click on the following links:
Loch Haven Inn
Laconia-Lakeport Aerial Photo Collection
Downtown Wolfeboro
Below are bonus historical views of multiview subjects #2, #3, and #10.
Geneva Point
#2 bonus view. The caption on multiview postcard #2 reads “Ossippee Mountains from Geneva Point on Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire”. Here is an almost identical postcard, with a caption that reads “Lake Winnipesaukee and the Ossipee Range from the Inn, Geneva Point”.
The Stone Pulpit at Geneva Point
A wider view of the Ossipee mountains from the Inn at Geneva Point.
Center Harbor Aerial Photos
#3 bonus view. 1960s aerial of Center Harbor by photographer Loran Percy.
Aerial of Center Harbor by photographer Mike Colclough.
Aerial of Center Harbor by photographer Jim Abts.
Center Harbor in 1964.
Melvin Village
#10 bonus view. A 1908 view of Melvin Village shows a scene similar to the multiview photo #10.
A similar old view of Melvin Village. Notice the cemetary.
The wharf at Melvin Village
Melvin Bay, Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire
Melvin Village Bay, Lake Winnipesaukee, N.H.
Melvin Village from Post Office, 1910s
Melvin Village Wharf, 1910s
View of Melvin Village from Lake, 1910s
View of Melvin Village from Lake, 1900s
View of Melvin Village from lake, 1940s
View of Melvin Village from Lake, circa 1900
Melvin Village street sign, 1940s
Aerial of Melvin Village, 1960s
Aerial of Melvin Village, 1940s
Greetings from Lake Winnipesaukee (Vintage)
1930s
A 1930s version of a “Greetings from Lake Winnipesaukee, N.H.” postcard. This version featured an aerial view of the lake’s islands in the word “Lake”. In the word Winnipesaukee, from L-R, is the view from White Oaks Road; a sailboat; birches; the original Mount Washington steamship; a view of the lake from Robert’s Cove; and Kimball’s Castle. Finally, the “N” is Irwin’s Winnipesaukee Gardens, and the “H” is the Spindle Point lighthouse.
1940s
A 1940s version of a “Greetings from Lake Winnipesaukee, N.H.” postcard. This version featured (from L-R) the Mount Washington II cruise ship; the view of the lake from Pinnacle Hill in Meredith; moonlight on the lake; Mount Washington from the lake; and Kimball’s Castle.
1950s
A 1950s version of a “Greetings from Lake Winnipesaukee, N.H.” postcard. This version featured the new Mount Washington cruise ship in the word “Lake”. In the word Winnipesaukee, from L-R, is the the Spindle Point lighthouse; a view of the Mount from Locke’s Hill; beachgoers; a view of the lake from Robert’s Cove; the Endicott Rock monument; and a sailboat.
