Forty Steps Bathing Beach and Senator Lodge's Mansion, Nahant, Massachusetts, circa 1910
- Card type
- Printed photo
- Date
- c. 1902 (Early)
About this postcard
Bathers wade in the calm, rock-girt cove of Forty Steps Bathing Beach at Nahant, Massachusetts, with low rocky ledges and a sandy shore in the foreground and a large shingled summer house crowning the wooded headland beyond. The caption identifies the house as the mansion of Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, the Massachusetts historian and statesman who summered at Nahant and whose family long kept a house on the peninsula. Nahant, a small rocky town on a peninsula jutting into Massachusetts Bay northeast of Boston, was a fashionable summer resort noted for its rocky coves and bathing beaches in the early twentieth century.
Postcard Details
44 Sparhawk St., Amesbury, MA
Postcard record
| Postmarked | , Cambridge, MA |
|---|---|
| Publisher | The Metropolitan News Co. |
| Condition | Good |
| Place addressed | Charlotte T. Hassett, 44 Sparhawk St., Amesbury, MA |
| Place depicted | Nahant, MA |
| Publisher | The Metropolitan News Co., Boston, MA |
| Stamp | 1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1902 |
| Notes | Thin white margin at bottom carrying the printed caption; light staining and foxing, a small tear/crease at the top edge, and a handwritten "L" in the lower right corner. Postmark: CAMBRIDGE STATION MASS. APR 7 1907 (second, receiving cancel: AMESBURY MASS. APR 17 10 AM). Undivided back with red "Post Card" heading and "THIS SIDE IS FOR THE ADDRESS."; publisher imprint along left edge; 1c Franklin stamp; light edge wear and a few foxing spots. |
Cite this card
Forty Steps Bathing Beach and Senator Lodge's Mansion, Nahant, Massachusetts, circa 1910, postcard, c. 1902. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/forty-steps-bathing-beach-and-senator-lodges-mansion-nahant. Accessed October 24, 2026.