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Surf on the rocky shore at Marblehead, Massachusetts, circa 1910

Subjects
Beaches & CoastlinesCoastal ScenerySailing & Sailboats
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1902 (Early)
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About this postcard

Waves break in white spray against dark rocky ledges along the Marblehead, Massachusetts, shoreline, with a cluster of shingled and clapboard summer houses on the wooded point above and a small yellow-sailed boat offshore. Marblehead, on Massachusetts Bay north of Boston, was a colonial fishing port that became a popular summer resort and yachting center in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, known for its granite headlands and harbor. The view is typical of the hand-colored lithographic coastal scenes issued in the 1900s–1910s.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Grandma's

PublisherThe Metropolitan News Co.
Surf off Marblehead, Mass. --- Post Card No. 8748. The Metropolitan News Co., Boston, Mass. and Germany. IN SPACE BELOW MAY BE WRITTEN SENDER'S NAME AND ADDRESS (NO OTHER WRITING)
PostmarkedAmesbury, MA, September 10, 1906, 19:30
Stamp
Addressed to
Charlotte T. Hassett

44 Sparhawk, Amesbury, MA

Postcard record

Postmarked, Amesbury, MA
PublisherThe Metropolitan News Co.
ConditionGood
Place addressedCharlotte T. Hassett, 44 Sparhawk, Amesbury, MA
Place depictedMarblehead, MA
PublisherThe Metropolitan News Co., Boston, MA
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1902
NotesThin light border; large dark speckled blemish/stain in the sky at center; monogram mark in lower right corner; slightly worn edges. Postmark: AMESBURY MASS SEP 10 1906 7:30 PM. Undivided-back "Post Card" with printed sender-name space; light edge wear and a few foxing spots; front is a color litho view with no white border.

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Surf on the rocky shore at Marblehead, Massachusetts, circa 1910, postcard, c. 1902. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/surf-on-the-rocky-shore-at-marblehead-massachusetts-circa-19. Accessed October 24, 2026.