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Steamer passing Rings Island, Newburyport Harbor, Newburyport, Massachusetts, circa 1910

Subjects
Ships & BoatsSteamboats & RiverboatsWaterfronts & Harbors
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1907 (Golden Age)
Front of Steamer passing Rings Island, Newburyport Harbor, Newburyport, Massachusetts, circa 1910, c. 1907 lithograph postcard
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Back of Steamer passing Rings Island, Newburyport Harbor, Newburyport, Massachusetts, circa 1910, c. 1907 lithograph postcard
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A small coal-fired steamer with a smoking stack crosses the blue water of Newburyport Harbor, seen from a rough stone wharf with wooden pilings in the foreground; across the water lies low-lying Rings Island with a scatter of white houses and trees under a pale peach and blue sky. Rings Island sits at the mouth of the Merrimack River where it meets the harbor, and Newburyport was long a busy shipping and shipbuilding port before giving way to textile and shoe manufacturing in the nineteenth century. The card's tinted sky and visible halftone dot pattern are typical of inexpensive color-printed views of the era.

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PublisherThe Hugh C. Leighton Co.
Newburyport, Mass. - Rings Island, Newburyport Harbor --- Post Card. This space may be used for Correspondence This space is for Address only Place the Stamp Here One Cent for United States, and Island Possessions, Cuba, Canada and Mexico. Two Cents For Foreign. The Hugh C. Leighton Co., Manufacturers, Portland, Me., U. S. A. (Germany), 30217
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PublisherThe Hugh C. Leighton Co.
ConditionGood
Place depictedRings Island, Newburyport, MA
Place depictedNewburyport, MA
PublisherThe Hugh C. Leighton Co., Portland, ME
NotesNo white border; visible halftone dot screen; small dark stain near right edge; light wear at corners. No postmark; unused divided-back card. Imprint of The Hugh C. Leighton Co. (Portland, Me. / Germany), card no. 30217; light soiling and a faint crease at lower left.

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Steamer passing Rings Island, Newburyport Harbor, Newburyport, Massachusetts, circa 1910, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/steamer-passing-rings-island-newburyport-harbor-newburyport. Accessed October 24, 2026.