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Sand dunes and beachgoers, Plum Island, Newburyport, Massachusetts, circa 1910

Subjects
Beaches & CoastlinesCoastal Scenery
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1907 (Golden Age)
Front of Sand dunes and beachgoers, Plum Island, Newburyport, Massachusetts, circa 1910, The Hugh C. Leighton Company, ME, USA, c. 1907 lithograph postcard
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Back of Sand dunes and beachgoers, Plum Island, Newburyport, Massachusetts, circa 1910, The Hugh C. Leighton Company, ME, USA, c. 1907 lithograph postcard
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Sunbathers and strollers in early-20th-century dress rest on the steep, grass-topped sand dunes of Plum Island, with the broad beach and the sea stretching away at left under a pale sunset sky. Plum Island is the long barrier island at the mouth of the Merrimack River, shared by the towns of Newburyport, Newbury, Rowley and Ipswich, and by the 1900s it was a popular summer resort reached by trolley and steamer from Newburyport. The dunes and the Parker River estuary later became part of the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge.

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PublisherThe Hugh C. Leighton Company
Newburyport, Mass. - Sand Dunes, Plum Island. --- POST CARD. Place the Stamp Here One Cent for United States, and Island Possessions, Cuba, Canada and Mexico. Two Cents For Foreign. This space may be used for Correspondence This space is for Address only Published by The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine. Made in Germany No. 30227
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PublisherThe Hugh C. Leighton Company
ConditionGood
PublisherThe Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, ME
NotesDivided-back era card; red caption printed across the sky; no white border; light edge wear. No postmark; unused divided-back card. Printed imprint "Made in Germany", No. 30227; light edge wear and toning.

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Sand dunes and beachgoers, Plum Island, Newburyport, Massachusetts, circa 1910, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/sand-dunes-and-beachgoers-plum-island-newburyport-massachuse. Accessed October 24, 2026.