The card pictures the Old Pepperell Mansion at Kittery Point, Maine, as identified in the printed caption: a large gambrel-roofed clapboard house with two brick chimneys, set behind a white picket fence among mature trees. The house is associated with the Pepperrell family, including Sir William Pepperrell, the colonial merchant and soldier who led the 1745 expedition against Louisbourg. The view is a color-printed photographic image issued by the Detroit Photographic Co. and copyrighted 1901.
White border; red printed caption and copyright line; copyright 1901 by Detroit Photographic Co.
No postmark; unused card. Undivided back with printed "POST CARD" heading, stamp box "United States and Canada, One Cent. / Foreign, Two Cents." and "THIS SIDE FOR THE ADDRESS." White border on front; copyright 1901 (Detroit Photographic Co.). Light edge wear, no writing.
Cite this card
Old Pepperell Mansion, Kittery Point, Maine, circa 1901, postcard, n.d.. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/old-pepperell-mansion-kittery-point-maine-circa-1901. Accessed October 24, 2026.
