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Thanks to the UNC-Chapel Hill Library, we now have this postcard view of Skyland, N.C., circa 1903, of the Mineral Springs Hotel.
The photo was taken by H. W. Pelton.
Message on the back of the card: "Thanks for your nice letter received today. Will write someday. Oh, why don't you go [illegible] then we can see you in Brooklyn? Mabel."
Addressed to: "Miss H. M. Riel 52 Harvard Street Malden, Mass." Postmarked 12 Aug 1903.
To view the entire library collection of N.C. postcards, visit http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm4/browse.php?CISOROOT=/nc_post
The photo was taken by H. W. Pelton.
Message on the back of the card: "Thanks for your nice letter received today. Will write someday. Oh, why don't you go [illegible] then we can see you in Brooklyn? Mabel."
Addressed to: "Miss H. M. Riel 52 Harvard Street Malden, Mass." Postmarked 12 Aug 1903.
To view the entire library collection of N.C. postcards, visit http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm4/browse.php?CISOROOT=/nc_post
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