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Girl standing on a bell buoy, New Hampshire coast, circa 1910

Subjects
Beaches & CoastlinesComics & Humor
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1902 (Early)
Front of Girl standing on a bell buoy, New Hampshire coast, circa 1910, Charlotte F. Harratt, MA, USA, c. 1902 lithograph postcard
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Back of Girl standing on a bell buoy, New Hampshire coast, circa 1910, Charlotte F. Harratt, MA, USA, c. 1902 lithograph postcard
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About this postcard

A young woman in a red dress and hat stands atop a large riveted, conical bell buoy, one arm raised in a wave, with the open sea, a low horizon and two distant sailboats behind her. The printed caption puns on "boy" and "buoy," a style of seaside humor card popular in the early 20th century. The scene is a comic studio composition rather than a documentary view of a specific New Hampshire harbor.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Aunt Carrie, is taking care p

PublisherHugh C. Leighton Co.
Girl and B(u)oy on the New Hampshire Coast. --- Post Card THE HUGH C. LEIGHTON CO., MANUFACTURERS, PORTLAND, ME., U.S.A. PRINTED IN FRANKFORT O/MAIN, GERMANY. No. 4558.
PostmarkedAmesbury, MA, July 15, 1907, 18:30
Stamp
Addressed to
Charlotte F. Harratt

Amesbury, Mass.

Postcard record

Postmarked, Amesbury, MA
PublisherHugh C. Leighton Co.
ConditionGood
PublisherHugh C. Leighton Co., Portland, ME
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1902
NotesUndivided-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. Undivided back, green 1¢ Franklin stamp, German-printed color litho; light edge wear and a few stains.

Cite this card

Girl standing on a bell buoy, New Hampshire coast, circa 1910, postcard, c. 1902. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/girl-standing-on-a-bell-buoy-new-hampshire-coast-circa-1910. Accessed October 24, 2026.