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"Auld Lang Syne" (oldest house), Siasconset, Massachusetts, circa 1905

Subject
Residences
Card type
Printed photo
Date
c. 1902 (Early)
Front of "Auld Lang Syne" (oldest house), Siasconset, Massachusetts, circa 1905, Florence Merrill, MA, USA, c. 1902 printed photo postcard
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Back of "Auld Lang Syne" (oldest house), Siasconset, Massachusetts, circa 1905, Florence Merrill, MA, USA, c. 1902 printed photo postcard
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About this postcard

A weathered, shingle-clad cottage with a small sign reading "AULD LANG SYNE" above its door, with a group of men, women and children seated and standing outside it; the printed caption identifies it as the oldest house at Siasconset, Massachusetts. Siasconset is a village on the eastern shore of Nantucket Island, long known as a summer resort whose closely packed, gray-shingled cottages and rose-covered fences are its signature. The card was issued by the Rotograph Co. of New York in 1905, when such "oldest house" views were popular souvenirs for summer visitors.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

9.9.06 One of our party to see this old house. Helen Hill.

PublisherThe Rotograph Co.
Copyright 1905 by the Rotograph Co. G 7006 "Auld Lang Syne" (oldest house) Siasconset, Mass. --- POST CARD This side for the Address. The Rotograph Co., N. Y. City. (Germany)
PostmarkedNantucket, MA, May 18, 1906, 12:30
Stamp
Addressed to
Florence Merrill

Amesbury, MA

Postcard record

Postmarked, Nantucket, MA
PublisherThe Rotograph Co.
SeriesG 7006
ConditionFair
Place addressedFlorence Merrill, Amesbury, MA
PublisherThe Rotograph Co., New York, NY
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1902
NotesThin white border; handwritten message in ink across the lower front margin; grainy color-printed halftone image. Postmark: NANTUCKET, MASS MAY 18 12:30 PM 1906 (second strike: AMESBURY MASS MAY 19 7-30 PM 1906). Undivided back with printed "This side for the Address."; Rotograph Co. imprint, printed in Germany; light corner wear and a few creases.

Cite this card

"Auld Lang Syne" (oldest house), Siasconset, Massachusetts, circa 1905, postcard, c. 1902. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/auld-lang-syne-oldest-house-siasconset-massachusetts-circa-1. Accessed October 24, 2026.