| Recently sold on
eBay. This is a photograph that was made into a postcard and
copies were sold in the early 1900s. (We recently found this
photo/card in an eBay auction August 2009)
Real photo post card
showing the Old Smuggler's Face in the rock at Smuggler's Notch,
Vermont. c1910
Route 108 meanders past the base of Mt.
Mansfield. Vermont's highest peak at 4393 feet, and climbs
though Smugglers Notch. The reputed route for the cattle
smugglers and hiding place for Champlain pirates.
Photo was captured when the photographer
noticed the image of a smuggler appeared in the landscape. It's
not known if the image can still be seen now, a hundred years
later. |