Gay Head Light, Martha's Vineyard Island, Mass., circa 1901
- Subjects
- Crowds & GatheringsLighthouses
- Card type
- Lithograph
- Date
- c. 1901 (Early)
About this postcard
The view shows the brick tower of Gay Head Light with its glass lantern room, sightseers crowding the gallery deck and more visitors gathered on the grass before the keeper's gambrel-roofed dwelling. The tower stands on the clay bluffs at the western end of Martha's Vineyard, in what is now Aquinnah; the 1856 tower is the third lighthouse on the site. Men in boaters and women in long white dresses suggest an excursion party, part of the summer trade that made the cliffs a popular destination in the early 1900s.
Postcard Details
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Postcard record
| Publisher | The Metropolitan News Co. |
|---|---|
| Condition | Very good |
| Place depicted | Gay Head Light, Martha's Vineyard, MA |
| Publisher | The Metropolitan News Co., Boston, MA |
| Notes | White border along the bottom carrying the caption in red; color-printed (chromolithograph-style) card with a slightly grainy screen. Light wear at the edges. No postmark; unused card. Undivided back ("THIS SIDE IS FOR THE ADDRESS."), red-ink "Post Card" heading with stamp box "DOMESTIC ONE CENT / FOREIGN TWO CENTS"; imprint notes printed in Germany. Clean, light toning only. |
Cite this card
Gay Head Light, Martha's Vineyard Island, Mass., circa 1901, postcard, c. 1901. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/gay-head-light-marthas-vineyard-island-mass-circa-1901. Accessed November 2, 2026.