If You Follow the Road to Harmon, You Surely Can't go Wrong

This article features a promotional postcard for the Nikko Tea House, likely printed between 1907 and 1910. An artist with initials "W.K." created the illustrations and hand-lettered content on the card's centerfold.

The postcard includes a map depicting the Nikko's location and marking "police traps" on Westchester roads. The design cleverly incorporates Hudson River depictions that transform into Japanese lantern strings at the bottom.

C.K. Nazu, the Nikko's manager at that time, authored a promotional poem celebrating Harmon:

"Of Harmon on the Hudson / You surely must have heard, / But if you'll give attention / I should like a word" about the Nikko Tea House situated on the Croton's wooded banks. The verse invites visitors to travel by horse or motor car, concluding: "If you follow the road to Harmon, / You surely can't go wrong."

The article references previous posts about the Nikko, including an 1908 advertisement and a 1931 journalist account. It invites readers to share vintage photographs or ephemera related to the Nikko or early Harmon history.