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Berlin Public Library, Berlin, NH, 1905

Subject
Libraries
Card type
Printed photo
Date
c. 1905 (Early)
Front of Berlin Public Library, Berlin, NH, 1905, c. 1905 printed photo postcard
Front
Back of Berlin Public Library, Berlin, NH, 1905, c. 1905 printed photo postcard
Back

About this postcard

The Berlin Public Library, a small classical-style building with an arched entrance and columns, stands in Berlin, New Hampshire. The sender, writing from Jefferson Highland, calls it "the first Carnegie library I ever saw" and "very pretty." Berlin was a paper-mill town in the Androscoggin Valley, and a Carnegie library was a mark of civic pride. The note also gives a glimpse of rural mountain life: only one mail a day came to Jefferson Highland, which the sender calls "quite out of the world," and the sender and her father joined four others to climb a nearby mountain.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Jefferson Highlands, N. H. October 5, 1905. This is the first Carnegie library I ever saw. It is very pretty. Just received your letter and am sor- ry you did not hear from me until Tuesday We tried our best to get a letter to you. Probably now you hear regularly, We only have one mail a day from here, quite out of the world. This is another beautiful day. The wind blew hard all night and is still blow- ing. This afternoon Papa and I, with four others, climbed Boy

PublisherE. E. Sirois
BERLIN PUBLIC LIBRARY, BERLIN, N. H. 1550—PUBLISHED BY E. E. SIROIS. --- Post Card THIS SIDE IS FOR THE ADDRESS ONLY. N. E. PAPER & STATIONERY CO. MFRS. AYER, MASS.
PostmarkedJefferson Highland, NH, October 6, 1905
Stamp
Addressed to
Mrs. Henry B. Terry

21 Central Ave. Hyde Park, MA

Postcard record

Postmarked, Jefferson Highland, NH
PublisherE. E. Sirois
Series1550
ConditionFair
Place addressedMrs. Henry B. Terry, 21 Central Ave., Hyde Park, MA
Place depictedBerlin Public Library, Berlin, NH
PublisherE. E. Sirois, Ayer, MA
receivedHYDE PA
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1930, perforated on all sides
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1902, perforated vertical sides only
NotesHandwritten message on front; white border around image; undivided back era. Black-and-white halftone. Postmark: JEFFERSON HIGHLAND N.H. OCT 6 A.M. 1905; receiving mark: HYDE PARK MASS. OCT 6 1905. Undivided back ('THIS SIDE IS FOR THE ADDRESS ONLY.'). 1c green Franklin stamp. Light wear. In the message, 'morning' is struck through and overwritten with 'afternoon' ('This afternoon Papa and I...').

Cite this card

Berlin Public Library, Berlin, NH, 1905, postcard, c. 1905. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/berlin-public-library-berlin-nh-1905. Accessed November 2, 2026.