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Home of President Eliot, Cambridge, Massachusetts, circa 1910

Subjects
ResidencesSchools & Universities
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1915 (White Border)
Front of Home of President Eliot, Cambridge, Massachusetts, circa 1910, Charlotte Hassett, MA, USA, c. 1915 lithograph postcard
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Back of Home of President Eliot, Cambridge, Massachusetts, circa 1910, Charlotte Hassett, MA, USA, c. 1915 lithograph postcard
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About this postcard

A three-story brick house with a gray mansard roof, tall chimneys, green-shuttered windows and a broad flight of steps leading to a shadowed entrance, seen across a lawn with bare trees in the foreground. The printed caption identifies it as the Cambridge, Massachusetts home of "President Eliot" — Charles W. Eliot, who served as president of Harvard University from 1869 to 1909 and lived on Brattle Street near the campus. The view is a typical tinted lithographic postcard of the pre-World War I era.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Dear Charlotte, I suppose you & Harriett have lots of fun. I hope to see you again sometime before school opens. Marion.

CAMBRIDGE, MASS. HOME OF PRESIDENT ELIOT --- Post Card Writing Space. Name and Address. NO. 129
PostmarkedBoston, MA
Stamp
Addressed to
Charlotte Hassett

44 Sparhawk St., Amesbury, MA

Postcard record

PostmarkedBoston, MA
ConditionGood
Place addressedCharlotte Hassett, 44 Sparhawk St., Amesbury, MA
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1902
NotesNarrow white margin at edges; light wear and a small chip at the lower-left corner; grainy tinted lithographic texture. Postmark: BOSTON, MASS. / WALTHAM [date portion illegible]. Divided-back card with red "Post Card" heading, "Writing Space." / "Name and Address." labels and printed "NO. 129" on the left edge; 1¢ green Franklin stamp; light soiling and slight corner wear.

Cite this card

Home of President Eliot, Cambridge, Massachusetts, circa 1910, postcard, c. 1915. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/home-of-president-eliot-cambridge-massachusetts-circa-1910. Accessed October 24, 2026.