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Plum Island Lighthouse, Newburyport, Massachusetts, circa 1910

Subjects
Coastal SceneryLighthouses
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1902 (Early)
Front of Plum Island Lighthouse, Newburyport, Massachusetts, circa 1910, c. 1902 lithograph postcard
Front
Back of Plum Island Lighthouse, Newburyport, Massachusetts, circa 1910, c. 1902 lithograph postcard
Back

About this postcard

A color view of the Plum Island Lighthouse station: a white clapboard keeper's dwelling with a porch and shingled roof stands in front of the tall white conical tower with 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, and the present 1856 tower replaced earlier lights on the island; the station was later moved and rebuilt in the 1890s as the shifting sands threatened it. The card's own caption names the site as "Newburyport, Mass, Plum Island Light."

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Love and a "Happy New Year". I sent your grandma a a card yesterday. A. L. H.

PublisherHugh C. Leighton Co.
Newburyport, Mass, Plum Island Light. --- Post Card. THE HUGH C. LEIGHTON CO., MANUFACTURERS, PORTLAND, ME., U.S.A. PRINTED IN FRANKFORT O/MAIN, GERMANY. No. 2686
PostmarkedDecember 31, 1906, 01:30
Stamp
Addressed to
Charlotte S. Hassett

Amesbury, MA

Postcard record

Postmarked
PublisherHugh C. Leighton Co.
ConditionGood
Place addressedCharlotte S. Hassett, Amesbury, MA
Place depictedPlum Island Light, Newburyport, MA
Place depictedNewburyport, MA
Place mentionedFrankfort o/Main
PublisherHugh C. Leighton Co., Portland, ME
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1902
NotesWhite 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 Lighthouse, Newburyport, Massachusetts, circa 1910, postcard, c. 1902. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/plum-island-lighthouse-newburyport-massachusetts-circa-1910. Accessed October 24, 2026.