Tablet Rock, Stage Fort Park, Gloucester, Mass.

Subject: Monuments & Memorials
Card type: Chrome
Date: c. 1945 (Linen)

Back of Tablet Rock, Stage Fort Park, Gloucester, Mass., c. 1945 chrome postcard — Back

About this subject

A close-up view of a bronze plaque mounted on a large granite boulder, with a blue sky above. The plaque commemorates the 1623 founding of the Massachusetts Bay Colony by fishermen and farmers from Dorchester, England, and notes Governor Roger Conant's arbitration in 1625. It was placed by the citizens of Gloucester in 1907.

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PublisherThe Curhan Co.

ON THIS SITE IN 1623 A COMPANY OF FISHERMEN AND FARMERS FROM DORCHESTER ENG. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF REV. JOHN WHITE FOUNDED THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY THEIR FIRST YEAR THE FISHERIES THE OLDEST INDUSTRY IN THE COMMONWEALTH HAVE BEEN UNINTERRUPTEDLY PURSUED FROM THIS PORT HERE IN 1625 GOV. ROGER CONANT BY WISE DIPLOMACY AVERTED BLOODSHED BETWEEN THE CONTENDING FACTIONS ONE LED BY MILES STANDISH OF PLYMOUTH THE OTHER BY CAPT. HEWES A NOTABLE EXEMPLIFICATION OF ARBITRATION IN THE BEGINNINGS OF NEW ENGLAND PLACED BY THE CITIZENS OF GLOUCESTER 1907 --- 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. PUB. BY THE CURHAN CO., GLOUCESTER, MASS. "Lusterchrome" REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. MADE ONLY BY TICHNOR BROS., INC., BOSTON 15, MASS. POST CARD PLACE STAMP HERE MADE IN U.S.A. K—6797

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Condition	Very good
Place depicted	Gloucester, MA
Publisher	Gloucester, MA
Notes	Full-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, Mass., postcard, c. 1945. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/tablet-rock-stage-fort-park-gloucester-mass. Accessed October 5, 2026.