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Chautauqua Assembly Dock, Chautauqua, New York

Subjects
Crowds & GatheringsSteamboats & RiverboatsWaterfronts & Harbors
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1902 (Undivided Back)
Front of Chautauqua Assembly Dock, Chautauqua, New York, c. 1902 lithograph postcard
Front
Back of Chautauqua Assembly Dock, Chautauqua, New York, c. 1902 lithograph postcard
Back

About this subject

A large multi-story wooden assembly building with open verandas stands at left, with a crowd of people gathered on the dock. A multi-deck steamboat is moored at right, and a handwritten message covers much of the sky.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Post-Card rec'd. Thanks I hope that you may spend a happy new-year, I have been nursing the sick M. & A. have been real ill. Tell Mr. Ed. that Miss Fridge thinks that he is more handsome than An lots of love to you all & Miss Annie yours, Rosa Thanks for pretty Calendar

PublisherH.C. Leighton Co.
Chautauqua Assembly Dock, N.Y. --- Post Card H.C. LEIGHTON CO. PORTLAND, ME MANUFACTURERS OF POSTAL CARDS MADE IN GERMANY No 91889. This side is for the address.
PostmarkedDurbin, WV, January 4, 1907, 13:00
Stamp
Addressed to
Mrs O. M. Richardson

Durbin, West Va.

Postcard record

Postmarked, Durbin, WV
ConditionFair
Place addressedDurbin, WV
Place depictedChautauqua Assembly Dock, Chautauqua, NY
PublisherPortland, ME
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1930
NotesHandwritten message on front; undivided-back era; no printed publisher line. Postmark: DURBIN, W. VA. JAN 4 1 PM 1907 REG'D. / WARM SPRINGS VA JAN 3 5 PM 1907. Undivided back ('This side is for the address.'). H.C. Leighton Co. imprint, made in Germany. 1c Franklin stamp. Light toning/soiling.

Cite this card

Chautauqua Assembly Dock, Chautauqua, New York, postcard, c. 1902. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/chautauqua-assembly-dock-chautauqua-new-york. Accessed October 5, 2026.