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Tablet Rock, Stage Fort Park, Gloucester, MA, circa 1950

Subject
Monuments & Memorials
Card type
Chrome
Date
c. 1950 (Chrome)
Front of Tablet Rock, Stage Fort Park, Gloucester, MA, circa 1950, c. 1950 chrome postcard
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Back of Tablet Rock, Stage Fort Park, Gloucester, MA, circa 1950, c. 1950 chrome postcard
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About this postcard

A bronze tablet set into a large granite boulder fills the view, with blue sky behind. The plaque commemorates the 1623 founding of the first settlement of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and records that the citizens of Gloucester placed it in 1907. Stage Fort Park occupies Gloucester's harbor front, the site associated with that early fishing settlement. The 1907 memorial belongs to an era when Massachusetts towns marked colonial sites with boulders and tablets, giving the city a compact civic landmark tied to its colonial origins.

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PublisherThe Curhan Co.
TABLET ROCK, STAGE FORT PARK Gloucester, Mass. Placed by the citizens of Gloucester in 1907 to commemorate the founding of the first settlement of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1623.
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PublisherThe Curhan Co.
SeriesK-6797
ConditionVery good
Place depictedGloucester, MA
PublisherThe Curhan Co., Gloucester, MA
NotesFull-bleed color image; no white border; small red printing defect lower left. No postmark, stamp, or handwriting — unused card. Divided-back chrome (Lusterchrome) era, ca. 1950s. Printed caption and publisher imprint on back; light surface wear/soiling.

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Tablet Rock, Stage Fort Park, Gloucester, MA, circa 1950, postcard, c. 1950. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/tablet-rock-stage-fort-park-gloucester-ma-circa-1950. Accessed November 2, 2026.