Plum Island Light, Newburyport, MA, 1906

Subjects: Coastal Scenery Lighthouses
Card type: Lithograph
Date: c. 1906 (Early)

Back of Plum Island Light, Newburyport, MA, 1906, c. 1906 lithograph postcard — Back

About this postcard

A color view of the Plum Island Light station: a white clapboard keeper's dwelling with a porch and shingled roof stands in front of the tall white conical tower and its dark lantern room, with outbuildings and a sandy beach in the foreground. Plum Island Light marks the southern entrance to the Merrimack River at Newburyport. Shifting sands have long threatened the station, and the light has been moved from its original site. The card carries a simple New Year's greeting, a common use for scenic postcards in the early 1900s.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Love and a "Happy New Year". I sent your grandpa a a card yesterday. A. L. B.

PostmarkedNewburyport, MA, December 31, 1906, 01:30

Addressed to

Charlotte S. Hassett

Amesbury, MA

Postcard record

Postmarked	December 31, 1906, 01:30, Newburyport, MA
Publisher	The Hugh C. Leighton Co.
Condition	Good
Place addressed	Charlotte S. Hassett, Amesbury, MA
Place depicted	Newburyport, MA
Place depicted	Plum Island Light, Newburyport, MA
Place mentioned	Frankfort o/Main, Germany
Publisher	The Hugh C. Leighton Co., Portland, ME
received	Amesbury, MA
Stamp	1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1902, perforated vertical sides only
Notes	White border along the bottom carrying the printed caption; handwritten greeting in pen in the lower margin. Slight edge wear. Postmark: NEWBURYPORT MASS. DEC 31 1-30 A 1906 (plus AMESBURY MASS. DEC 31 8-30 A 1906 receiving mark). Undivided back, 1¢ Franklin adhesive stamp, colored halftone with white border; light edge wear.

Cite this card

Plum Island Light, Newburyport, MA, 1906, postcard, c. 1906. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/plum-island-light-newburyport-ma-1906. Accessed November 2, 2026.