Loch Sheldrake is a hamlet and CDP in the Town of Fallsburg, New York, in Sullivan County.  The community was originally named Sheldrake Pond after a deep, glacially formed pond, which forms the center of town. It is bordered by the hamlet of Hurleyville, the Town of Liberty, the hamlet of Hasbrouck, the hamlet of Divine Corners, and the hamlet of Woodbourne. In its heyday as a Catskills Borscht Belt resort, it was home to numerous hotels, bungalow colonies and boarding houses.  Some of the best known of these were the Brown’s Hotel, the Evans Hotel, and the Karmel Hotel, now Stagedoor Manor, a renowned performing arts summer camp. 

  Congregation Adath Isreal, the Loch Shldrake Synagogue was listed on the “National Register of Historic Places” in 1997.  The Synagogue is open in the summer and for the High Holidays.  

This is a UDB, published by “James Goodsir” with a credit for “E.F. Brannings Artino Card Co.”, captures a framed image of Loch Sheldrake on the far shore of the pond.  The card is postmarked 1906 and is in good to very good condition with minor wear and a clean, clear image and reverse.