A young woman in a red dress and hat stands atop a large riveted, conical bell buoy, one arm raised in a wave. Behind her are open water, a low horizon, and two distant sailboats. The printed caption puns on 'boy' and 'buoy,' a common strain of seaside humor in early 20th-century postcards. Bell buoys were familiar navigational markers along the New England coast, though here the heavy buoy serves as a comic perch. The scene reads as a studio composition rather than a documentary view of a specific New Hampshire harbor.
Undivided-back era card; handwritten message in blue ink on the front over the sky; no white border; visible halftone/lithographic dot pattern; light surface scuffing in the sky area.
Postmark: AMESBURY JUL 15 6-30P 1907; a faint second circular date strike shows only "6 PM" legible. Undivided back, green 1¢ Franklin stamp, German-printed color litho; light edge wear and a few stains.
Cite this card
Girl and B(u)oy on the New Hampshire Coast, 1907, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/girl-and-b-u-oy-on-the-new-hampshire-coast-1907. Accessed November 2, 2026.
