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Post Office with clock tower, Manchester, NH, 1910

Subjects
Post OfficesStreet Scenes
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1910 (Golden Age)
Front of Post Office with clock tower, Manchester, NH, 1910, c. 1910 lithograph postcard
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Back of Post Office with clock tower, Manchester, NH, 1910, c. 1910 lithograph postcard
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About this postcard

A large Romanesque-style stone post office with a clock tower and steep slate roofs stands at a downtown corner in Manchester, New Hampshire. An American flag flies from the central cupola, and pedestrians in period coats and hats pass the entrance steps. Commercial buildings line the left side, where a storefront marked PARR'S faces the street. The building's stone walls, steep roofs, and clock tower gave the post office a civic presence in a mill city. Manchester's textile mills made it one of New England's busiest industrial centers in the early 1900s, and a downtown post office of this scale fit that role.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pencil

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PublisherE. E. Smith
Post Office, Manchester, N. H.
PostmarkedManchester, NH, July 30, 1910, 14:30
Stamp
Addressed to
Miss B. L. Murphy

68 Holbrook Avenue S. Braintree, MA

Postcard record

Postmarked, Manchester, NH
PublisherE. E. Smith
ConditionGood
Place addressedMiss B. L. Murphy, 68 Holbrook Avenue, S. Braintree, MA
Place depictedManchester, NH
PublisherE. E. Smith, Lawrence, MA
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1930, perforated on all sides
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1902, perforated vertical sides only
NotesWhite border; divided-back era chromolithograph with light edge and corner wear; small blemishes in the sky area. Postmark: MANCHESTER N.H. JUL 30 2 30 PM 1910. Divided-back card with 'MADE IN USA' divider; publisher imprint 'Pub. by E. E. Smith, 539 Broadway, Lawrence, Mass.' Message written sideways along the left edge. Light soiling and edge wear.

Cite this card

Post Office with clock tower, Manchester, NH, 1910, postcard, c. 1910. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/post-office-with-clock-tower-manchester-nh-1910. Accessed November 2, 2026.