A stone grist mill with a large wooden water wheel stands beside a stream at Longfellow's Wayside Inn in South Sudbury. Water spills over a stone race beside the wheel, and bare trees and woods rise behind the mill. The inn is the colonial tavern that Henry Wadsworth Longfellow made famous in his 1863 poem cycle "Tales of a Wayside Inn." The mill shown here was built by Henry Ford in 1929 during his restoration of the property.
White border around a black-and-white real photo print; slight edge wear at corners.
No postmark. Divided-back AZO real-photo card (AZO stamp box, triangles up, 1910-1930 era). Front is a white-bordered matte real-photo print. Back is otherwise blank except a pencil dealer mark in the correspondence panel reading "Rm V5 / A 2.00"; no stamp, no address.
Cite this card
Grist mill, Longfellow's Wayside Inn, South Sudbury, MA, circa 1929, postcard, c. 1929. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/grist-mill-longfellows-wayside-inn-south-sudbury-ma-circa-19. Accessed November 2, 2026.
