Birthplace of Maria Mitchell, Nantucket, Massachusetts, circa 1930

Subjects: Residences Women's History
Card type: Lithograph
Date: c. 1915 (White Border)

Back of Birthplace of Maria Mitchell, Nantucket, Massachusetts, circa 1930, c. 1915 lithograph postcard — Back

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

Have just come back like the letter to the and [illegible] to be there this more than to be here the weather to make this certainly a fine time we have had quite a and we have been very good. Expecting to be home

PostmarkedAugust 27, 1926, 13:00

Addressed to

Mrs. J. A. Mayoue

42 Godfrey Road, Upper Montclair, N.J.

Postcard record

Postmarked	August 27, 1926, 13:00
Condition	Good
Stamp	2c George Washington, red
Notes	White 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, Massachusetts, circa 1930, postcard, c. 1915. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/birthplace-of-maria-mitchell-nantucket-massachusetts-circa-1. Accessed October 24, 2026.