Head of Whittier Brook, poet Whittier's birthplace, Haverhill, Massachusetts, circa 1910
- Subjects
- Forests & TreesRivers & Streams
- Card type
- Lithograph
About this postcard
A shallow brook runs through dense woodland, with ferns and grasses along its banks and a dirt path climbing the slope at right; the card names the spot as the head of Whittier Brook in Haverhill, Massachusetts, the birthplace of poet John Greenleaf Whittier. Whittier, born in Haverhill in 1807, drew on the rural Essex County landscape of his youth for much of his verse, and local landmarks such as this brook were promoted to visitors as literary shrines. The scene is rendered in the soft, tinted manner typical of early twentieth-century color lithography.
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Postcard record
| Publisher | The Hugh C. Leighton Co. |
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| Condition | Good |
| Place depicted | Haverhill, MA |
| Publisher | The Hugh C. Leighton Co., Portland, ME |
| Notes | White border along the right edge; grainy, textured lithographic surface; light edge wear. No postmark; unused, undivided back. Imprint of The Hugh C. Leighton Co., Portland, Me., printed in Frankfort o/Main, Germany, No. 4561. Light toning and faint soiling; no handwriting. |
Cite this card
Head of Whittier Brook, poet Whittier's birthplace, Haverhill, Massachusetts, circa 1910, postcard, n.d.. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/head-of-whittier-brook-poet-whittiers-birthplace-haverhill-m. Accessed October 24, 2026.