Market Square in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, is shown as a commercial center, with three- and four-story brick blocks, storefronts shaded by awnings, utility poles, and a horse-drawn wagon in the street. Signs for Frank W. Knight Shoes and Presto Pharm. identify two of the businesses facing the square. Portsmouth had long been a port and shipbuilding town, and Market Square remained its civic and retail heart in the early 1900s, when horse traffic and small storefronts still shaped the downtown streetscape.
White border with printed caption in red: 'Market Square, Portsmouth, N. H.'; chromolithograph. Publisher/origin line printed on front: 'Published in Germany for G. W. Morris, Portland, Maine.' Series 84656 (printer's plate number).
No postmark, stamp, address, or message — unused card. Undivided back with 'This Side is for the Address.' and a preprinted stamp-box rate notice reading 'One Cent for United States and Island Possessions, Cuba, Canada and Mexico. TWO CENTS for Foreign.' — pre-1907 undivided-back era. Light soiling/toning on cream stock; green imprint.
Cite this card
Market Square, Portsmouth, NH, circa 1905, postcard, c. 1901. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/market-square-portsmouth-nh-circa-1905. Accessed November 2, 2026.
