The caption reads, "Tallwood Inn, Lake Maranacook, Maine."

In 1893 Mr. David Craig, a Boston theater socialite, built the three-story Sir Charles Hotel on Tallwood Peninsula on the western shore of Maranacook Lake. The hotel was bought in the late 1890s by Mrs. Margaret Butler, also associated with Boston theater. It was called the Mohican Inn before its name finally changed to Tallwood Inn. Over the years, 17 cottages and camps were built on the peninsula, so guests could either stay in the main Inn or in a rented cottage. Guests often took their meals at the Inn’s dining room, which seated 200 and boasted a magnificent fieldstone fireplace.

The Tichnor Brothers printing company published this type of postcard circa 1938 as part of their Maine series. These, and other postcards, by the Tichnor Brothers Company are officially known as the Tichnor Gloss Series because the photographs were notoriously retouched on such a level that does not allow the postcards to be classified as photographs or paintings.