A white clapboard farmhouse with a large shade tree stands behind a rustic wooden rail fence and a dirt road, with a red-roofed outbuilding at right. The house is identified as the Haverhill, Massachusetts, birthplace of John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892), the Quaker abolitionist and Fireside Poet. Whittier grew up on the family farm in the Merrimack Valley, the setting he later recalled in "Snow-Bound."
White border; visible halftone dot texture in the sky and foliage; caption printed in red.
Undivided back with "This side is for the address"; no postmark, no message, no address written. Light soiling/foxing along top edge; printed in green on cream stock. Publisher imprint of Hugh C. Leighton Co. (Portland, ME / Frankfort a/Main, Germany), No. 186.
Cite this card
Birthplace of John Greenleaf Whittier, Haverhill, MA, circa 1901, postcard, c. 1901. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/birthplace-of-john-greenleaf-whittier-haverhill-ma-circa-190. Accessed November 2, 2026.
