A long wooden boat house with a gabled roof sits on the bank of the Charles River, its lower level lined with canoes stored in bays and its upper level showing rows of windows. Signs on the building read "BOAT HOUSE" and "QUINOBIN CAFE"; a canoe with a paddler is on the water in the foreground and a small pavilion stands to the right.
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pen
Dear Florence, I got your postal today.
Thanks you very much for it. I think
it is Handsome. We didn't have a
very large attendance Friday
Best I could for you. Hope you soon the picture
It was handsome. With love
Helen G. Dowd
White border around the image; halftone screen texture. Handwritten message runs around the border and across the lower portion of the picture side. In-image signs read "BOAT HOUSE" and "QUINOBIN CAFE".
Postmark: NEW DURHAM N.H. REC'D OCT 22 1906 6-P (receiving mark); partial sending postmark 'WEST N... STA' with 1906. Undivided back ('THIS SIDE FOR THE ADDRESS'), white border, 1c Franklin stamp. Handwritten message is on the front, not this side.
Cite this card
Boat House, Charles River, postcard, c. 1902. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/boat-house-charles-river. Accessed October 5, 2026.
