Mohawk Trail Whitcomb Summit House and Gift Shop

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The Mohawk Trail, a scenic motorway, was first traveled by Native Americans, among them the Kanien’kehaka (Mohawk,) and later by European settlers and their descendents. It was designated a scenic route in 1914. Roads like the Mohawk Trail fed a back-to-nature movement while allowing turn-of-the-20th century Americans to indulge their growing love affair with the automobile. The Whitcomb Summit house was a popular stop on the Trial. The travelers in this postcard take advantage of the tri-state view and gift shop. A hurricane claimed the store and restaurant in 1938, and a new motel, the Blue Vista Motor Lodge was built on the spot in the 1960s.

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Item typePostcard
PhotographerTichnor Brothers
Datecirca 1920
PlaceMassachusetts
TopicTransportation, Travel, Tourism
EraProgressive Era, World War I, 1900–1928
MaterialPaper
Process/FormatPhotography; Printing
Catalog #1999.03.0032
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Tichnor Brothers, photographer. Mohawk Trail Whitcomb Summit House and Gift Shop. Photograph. ca. 1920. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/1999-03-0032/. Accessed on October 11, 2024.

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