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Birthplace of Maria Mitchell, Nantucket, MA, 1926

Subjects
ResidencesWomen's History
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1926 (White Border)
Front of Birthplace of Maria Mitchell, Nantucket, MA, 1926, Mrs. J. C. Moyers, NJ, USA, c. 1926 lithograph postcard
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Back of Birthplace of Maria Mitchell, Nantucket, MA, 1926, Mrs. J. C. Moyers, NJ, USA, c. 1926 lithograph postcard
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About this postcard

A large white clapboard house with a rooftop lookout or cupola, seen from the street behind a wooden fence, with neighboring frame houses, chimneys and shade trees. The caption identifies it as the birthplace of Maria Mitchell, the Nantucket astronomer and educator (1818-1889) who became the first woman elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a professor at Vassar College; the house is dated on the card to 1790. The building stands on Vestal Street and is preserved as the Maria Mitchell Association's birthplace museum.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

must be the house look like this. Note the widows walk on top where the women used to watch for the vessels to come in. Certainly a quaint old place and quite a fashion- able resort. Spent the week end at Spofford Lake. Ethel & Elizabeth. Here for a week. Love [illegible]

BIRTHPLACE OF MARIA MITCHELL--ERECTED 1790. NANTUCKET. MASS. --- POST CARD. THIS SPACE MAY BE USED FOR MESSAGE. THIS SPACE FOR ADDRESS.
PostmarkedNantucket, MA, August 27, 1926, 13:00
Stamp
Addressed to
Mrs. J. C. Moyers

42 Godfrey Rd Upper Montclair, NJ

Postcard record

Postmarked, Nantucket, MA
ConditionGood
Place addressedMrs. J. C. Moyers, 42 Godfrey Rd, Upper Montclair, NJ
Stamp2c George Washington, red, issued 1902
Stamp2c George Washington, red, perforated on all sides
NotesWhite border; printed caption along lower edge; light surface scuffs/scratches in the sky area; slight wear at corners. Postmark: NANTUCKET, MASS. AUG 27 1-PM 1926. Divided-back color litho card with white border; 2-cent Washington stamp; light edge wear.

Cite this card

Birthplace of Maria Mitchell, Nantucket, MA, 1926, postcard, c. 1926. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/birthplace-of-maria-mitchell-nantucket-ma-1926. Accessed November 2, 2026.