A tall wooden lookout tower rises from a bare, rocky hilltop: a stone-and-rubble base with an arched doorway supports two open timber observation stages, capped by a small glazed cupola. Leafless trees and scrub stand on the slope around it under a blank sky.
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pen
Forgetting me until
I received your last postal I
thought I would write an-
other This tower is where some
of his time was spent during the
afternoon C.C.L.
Undivided-back era card; handwritten message written across the lower front over the caption area; printed caption strip at bottom; light corner and edge wear, slight soiling.
Postmark: BOSTON MASS 1907 / R.P.O. 2 (also receiving mark BOSTON MASS APR 22). Undivided back; white border; matte B&W print; address partly obscured by tape stain.
Cite this card
Lookout tower, Melrose, Massachusetts, circa 1907, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/lookout-tower-melrose-massachusetts-circa-1907. Accessed October 5, 2026.
