Description
A color view shows the Mt. Beacon incline railway car climbing a steep track on the mountainside. An inset view shows the mountain landscape with a winding path and small buildings below. The card emphasizes the scenic height and the railway attraction at Mount Beacon. 1900s
Front Text (verbatim):
CLIMBING UP MT. BEACON, BEACON, N. Y.
Mt. Beacon. Beacon. N. Y.
Back Text (verbatim):
MOUNT BEACON.
Over 1400 feet above the Hudson River.
The highest elevated point in the Hudson
Highlands, and the scene of Beacon fires to
signal distant points during the War of the
Revolution. A monument is erected on top of
the mountain to commemorate this important
fact.
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PUBLISHED BY J. RUBEN, PHOTOGRAPHER, 39 JOHNSTON ST., NEWBURGH, N. Y.
