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Hobbs Landing boat landing with canoes and rowboats, Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, circa 1910

Subjects
Boating & CanoeingLakes & PondsWaterfronts & Harbors
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1907 (Golden Age)
Front of Hobbs Landing boat landing with canoes and rowboats, Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, circa 1910, Miss Charlotte Haseltine, MA, USA, c. 1907 lithograph postcard
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Back of Hobbs Landing boat landing with canoes and rowboats, Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, circa 1910, Miss Charlotte Haseltine, MA, USA, c. 1907 lithograph postcard
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About this postcard

A shoreline boat landing on Lake Winnipesaukee at Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, with a red clapboard boathouse and shed, a wooden dock, and a tall hoist frame at the right. Numerous canoes and rowboats are drawn up on the sand or moored at the float, and a few figures in dark clothing stand about the landing, one holding a red parasol in a boat at the lower right. Hobbs Landing was one of several steamer and livery landings serving summer visitors on Wolfeboro Bay in the early twentieth century.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pencil

I am up to Alton Bay for a month; my address is Alton Bay, Box 226. N. H Mildred Peabody

PublisherThe Robbins Bros. Co.
HOBBS LANDING, WOLFEBORO, N. H. --- Post Card For Correspondence For Address Only. No. J. 12159 The Robbins Bros Co., Boston, Mass. and Germany.
PostmarkedAlton Bay, NH, July 8, 1910, 11:00
Stamp
Addressed to
Miss Charlotte Haseltine

Sparhawk St., Amesbury, MA

FromMildred Peabody, Alton Bay, Box 226, N.H.

Postcard record

Postmarked, Alton Bay, NH
PublisherThe Robbins Bros. Co.
ConditionGood
Place addressedMiss Charlotte Haseltine, Sparhawk St., Amesbury, MA
PublisherThe Robbins Bros. Co., Boston, MA
Stamp1c George Washington, green, perforated on all sides
NotesNo white border; color lithograph with tinted sky; light surface soiling, small stains and corner wear. Postmark: ALTON BAY N.H. JUL 8 11 AM 1910 — divided-back private post card, pencil message, light edge/corner wear and slight soiling on the back.

Cite this card

Hobbs Landing boat landing with canoes and rowboats, Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, circa 1910, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/hobbs-landing-boat-landing-with-canoes-and-rowboats-wolfebor. Accessed October 24, 2026.