A sandy dirt lane curves away between dense stands of tall pines and deciduous trees, with a weathered clapboard outbuilding on a rough stone foundation at the right, fronted by a rustic rail fence. The card names the spot as Lovers' Lane in Rye, a coastal town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, and was published by G. W. Morris of Portland, Maine, a firm active in the early twentieth century. The scene preserves the rural, wooded character of the town before its later shoreline development.
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pen
Dear Auntie I hope you are coming home Thanksgiving and stay over
with us and the day after is my birthday so we will
celebrate it then Eloise
White strip along the bottom reserved for a handwritten message; printed caption in red. Grainy halftone texture, light edge and corner wear, and crack-like creases at the left edge and near the building.
Postmark: PORTSMOUTH N.H. 25 1905. Undivided back ('This side is for the address only'), 1¢ green Franklin stamp; addressed to Amesbury, Mass.; heavy ink blot obscures part of the street line.
Cite this card
Lovers' Lane, Rye, New Hampshire, circa 1910, postcard, n.d.. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/lovers-lane-rye-new-hampshire-circa-1910. Accessed October 24, 2026.
