A sandy dirt lane curves away between 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 printed caption names the spot Lovers' Lane in Rye, a coastal town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire. In 1905 Rye was still a quiet rural community of farm clearings and wooded roads, with summer cottages along the shore. The lane's deep sand and simple rail fence fit that setting, a shaded byway near Portsmouth.
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
PostmarkedPortsmouth, NH, November 28, 1905, 03:00
Handwritten message in the white strip along the bottom: "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"; printed caption in red: LOVERS' LANE, RYE, N. H. (G. W. Morris, Publ., Portland, Me., series 549). Grainy halftone texture, light edge and corner wear, and crack-like creases at the left edge and near the building.
Postmark: PORTSMOUTH N.H. NOV 28 3 AM 1905; receiving mark AMESBURY MASS. Undivided back ('This side is for the address only'), 1¢ green Franklin stamp; addressed to Miss Ora M. Borthwick, 87 Market St., Amesbury, Mass.; heavy ink blot obscures part of the street line.
Cite this card
Lovers' Lane through pines, Rye, New Hampshire, 1905, postcard, c. 1905. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/lovers-lane-through-pines-rye-new-hampshire-1905. Accessed November 2, 2026.
