View across the water toward Boston Light, the white conical tower and its keeper's dwellings standing on the rocky tip of Little Brewster Island in Boston Harbor. Boston Light is the oldest lighthouse station in the United States, first established in 1716; the tower seen here dates from the 1783 rebuilding and was heightened in 1859. The station's fog signal building, oil house and keeper's quarters cluster around the tower on the bare granite ledges.
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pen
No, would not have any
of affection - means to write
time you please up again
I had a very nice time
and we all enjoy the
here [illegible] proper - and the weather
terrible [illegible] good [illegible]
Call me up some time.
You are welcome [illegible]
[illegible] your mother before [illegible]
Linen-textured stock with a cream border; a faint circular Boston postmark is printed/overprinted across the sky at left. Card numbers 48 (upper right) and 64466 (lower right).
Postmark: MASS. 5 SEP 20 1954 1030 PM. Linen-texture Tichnor chrome card, divided back, cream border; light edge wear and a few blue ink smudges on the message side.
Cite this card
Boston Light, Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, circa 1940, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/boston-light-boston-harbor-massachusetts-circa-1940. Accessed October 24, 2026.
