Garden view, House of the Seven Gables, Salem, MA, 1926

Subjects: Gardens Residences
Card type: Lithograph
Date: c. 1926 (White Border)

Back of Garden view, House of the Seven Gables, Salem, MA, 1926, c. 1926 lithograph postcard — Back

About this postcard

The garden side of the House of the Seven Gables in Salem, Massachusetts, shows the large, dark-shingled seventeenth-century mansion with its clustered gables, brick chimneys, and small entry porch, framed by flower beds. Built in 1668 for a Salem merchant, the house later became the model for Nathaniel Hawthorne's 1851 novel of the same name. By the 1920s it was a historic house museum, and the garden view presented it as a colonial landmark for visitors.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Sunday Lizzie's brother Elmer drove us up here this morning & we visited the shop with It is very interesting & the garden is in bloom. Two lovely so far. Much love to all Julie

PostmarkedEAST LYNN, MA, August 30, 1926, 09:00

Addressed to

Miss Bessie Anderson

29 Church Street White Plains, NY

Postcard record

Postmarked	August 30, 1926, 09:00, EAST LYNN, MA
Publisher	Detroit Publishing Co.
Series	81379
Condition	Good
Place addressed	Miss Bessie Anderson, 29 Church Street, White Plains, NY
Place depicted	The House of the Seven Gables, Salem, MA
Publisher	Detroit Publishing Co., Detroit, MI
Stamp	2c George Washington, red, issued 1902
Stamp	2c George Washington, red, perforated on all sides
Notes	White border; light edge wear and foxing/staining on border; printed caption at bottom. Postmark: EAST LYNN, MASS. AUG 30 9 AM 1926. Divided back; white border; Phostint; light edge wear and foxing.

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Garden view, House of the Seven Gables, Salem, MA, 1926, postcard, c. 1926. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/garden-view-house-of-the-seven-gables-salem-ma-1926. Accessed November 2, 2026.