The boathouse sits low on the bank of the Charles River, a long wooden building with a gabled roof, rows of upper windows, and open bays below filled with canoes. Signs reading "BOAT HOUSE" and "QUINOBIN CAFE" mark it as both boat storage and a riverside stop. A canoe with a paddler moves across the water in the foreground, and a small pavilion stands to the right. By the early 1900s the Charles River was a busy recreation corridor for Boston, with boathouses and canoe clubs drawing people to the water.
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pen
Dear Florence, I got your postal today.
Thank you very much for it. I think
it is handsome. We didn't have a
very large attendance Friday.
But I wish you could have seen the picture.
It was handsome. With love
Helen G. Dowd
PostmarkedWest newton, MA, October 22, 1906, 18:00
White border around the image; halftone screen texture. Handwritten message runs around the border and across the lower portion of the picture side. Printed caption reads '7360—Boat House, Charles River' with publisher line 'SOUVENIR POST CARD CO N.Y.'; in-image sign reads 'QUINOBIN CAFE'. Undivided back ('THIS SIDE FOR THE ADDRESS'), 1c Franklin stamp. Partial sending postmark 'WEST N... STA' (West Newton, Mass.), 1906; receiving mark NEW DURHAM N.H. REC'D OCT 22 1906. Handwritten message is on the front, not the address side.
Cite this card
Boat House, Charles River, MA, 1906, postcard, c. 1906. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/boat-house-charles-river-ma-1906. Accessed November 2, 2026.
