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 printed caption identifies it as the Haverhill, Massachusetts birthplace of the poet John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892), the Quaker abolitionist and one of the Fireside Poets. The Whittier homestead, a working farm in the Merrimack Valley, is the setting recalled in his poem "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, Massachusetts, circa 1910, postcard, n.d.. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/birthplace-of-john-greenleaf-whittier-haverhill-massachusett. Accessed October 24, 2026.
