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Oldtide Mill on the Merrimac River, circa 1910

Subjects
Factories & MillsRivers & Streams
Card type
Lithograph
Front of Oldtide Mill on the Merrimac River, circa 1910, lithograph postcard
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Back of Oldtide Mill on the Merrimac River, circa 1910, lithograph postcard
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About this postcard

A two-story clapboard mill building with a gray gabled roof and stone foundation stands at the water's edge, its dark reflection filling the calm river in the foreground; a timber bridge or sluice structure and a rough stone retaining wall extend to the right, with bare and budding trees behind. The card names the site as the "Oldtide Mill" on the Merrimac (Merrimack) River, the New England waterway that powered numerous grist, saw and textile mills in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The pastel tinting and grainy screen are typical of inexpensive color-printed view cards of the 1900s–1910s.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Happy New Year M.J.T.

PublisherH.C. Leighton Co.
Oldtide Mill, Merrimac River. --- Post Card. Place the Stamp Here One Cent for United States, and Island Possessions, Cuba, Canada and Mexico. Two Cents For Foreign. H.C. LEIGHTON CO. PORTLAND, ME. MANUFACTURERS OF POSTAL CARDS. MADE IN GERMANY. No 1910. This side is for the address.
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Postcard record

PublisherH.C. Leighton Co.
ConditionGood
Place depictedMerrimac River
PublisherH.C. Leighton Co., Portland, ME
NotesNo white border; grainy tinted halftone with pastel sky; light wear and rounding at the corners and edges. No postmark. Undivided back ("This side is for the address."), H.C. Leighton Co. imprint, Made in Germany, No. 1910; colored lithograph front with no white border; light edge wear and a few foxing spots.

Cite this card

Oldtide Mill on the Merrimac River, circa 1910, postcard, n.d.. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/oldtide-mill-on-the-merrimac-river-circa-1910. Accessed October 24, 2026.