Middle Beach shoreline, Westbrook, Connecticut, circa 1905

Subjects: Bathing & Beach Resorts Beaches & Coastlines
Card type: Printed photo
Date: c. 1902 (Early)

Back of Middle Beach shoreline, Westbrook, Connecticut, circa 1905, c. 1902 printed photo postcard — Back

About this postcard

A view across the water toward the shorefront at Middle Beach, where a row of gabled summer cottages and a small observation or water tower stand behind a rocky beach. The printed caption names the spot as Middle Beach in Westbrook, Connecticut, a shoreline summer colony on Long Island Sound. The sender has marked one cottage with a small cross to show where she was staying.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Dear Charlotte The house with the cross above it is where we are staying. With love Helen. G. Fuller.

PostmarkedWestbrook, CT, August 3, 1905, 18:00

Addressed to

Charlotte Hassett

8 Parkhurst St., Amesbury, MA

Postcard record

Postmarked	August 3, 1905, 18:00, Westbrook, CT
Publisher	W. J. Neidlinger
Condition	Good
Place addressed	Charlotte Hassett, 8 Parkhurst St., Amesbury, MA
Place depicted	Middle Beach, Westbrook, CT
Stamp	1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1902
Notes	White border; hand-colored photographic print; small green stain near center-left of image; light edge and corner wear. Undivided-back era. Postmark: WESTBROOK CONN AUG 3 6 PM 1905 (with AMESBURY MASS AUG 6 6-PM 1905 receiving mark). Undivided back; handcolored card printed in Germany for W. J. Neidlinger, Westbrook, Conn. Light edge wear and a few foxing spots.

Cite this card

Middle Beach shoreline, Westbrook, Connecticut, circa 1905, postcard, c. 1902. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/middle-beach-shoreline-westbrook-connecticut-circa-1905. Accessed October 24, 2026.