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The Homestead, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts, circa 1910

Subjects
ResidencesSchools & Universities
Card type
Printed photo
Date
c. 1915 (White Border)
Front of The Homestead, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts, circa 1910, The Albertype Co., NY, USA, c. 1915 printed photo postcard
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Back of The Homestead, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts, circa 1910, The Albertype Co., NY, USA, c. 1915 printed photo postcard
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About this postcard

A black-and-white view of a large white clapboard house with shuttered windows, a bay window and a small entrance porch, half hidden behind mature shade trees and fronted by a curving gravel drive and lawn. The card names it as The Homestead at Wellesley College. The Homestead was the Durant family residence on the shore of Lake Waban, and when Henry Fowle Durant founded Wellesley College its first classes met in this building in 1875 before the great College Hall was completed; the house long served the college as a residence and gathering place.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Aunt I just think this is a very good picture of the Homestead? Am reading "the [illegible]" by Elizabeth Browning, will send it to you soon. Nothing in the way of news. It is really cold tonight with coming N.E. wind Loads of love to you all. Mother

PublisherWellesley College Book Store
THE HOMESTEAD WELLESLEY COLLEGE --- POST CARD PUBLISHED BY WELLESLEY COLLEGE BOOK STORE, WELLESLEY, MASS. Post Cards of Quality.—The Albertype Co., Brooklyn, N.Y. THIS SPACE FOR MESSAGE THIS SPACE FOR ADDRESS
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Postcard record

PublisherWellesley College Book Store
ConditionVery good
Place mentionedThe Albertype Co., Brooklyn, NY
PublisherWellesley College Book Store, Wellesley, MA
NotesWhite border around a black-and-white halftone image; caption printed in the lower margin. Undivided-back era stock; light edge wear and slight toning. Postmark: none — card is unmailed, no stamp, cancellation, or address written. Divided back ("THIS SPACE FOR MESSAGE" / "THIS SPACE FOR ADDRESS"); Albertype Co. imprint, matte halftone print with white border on front; light toning and edge wear.

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The Homestead, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts, circa 1910, postcard, c. 1915. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/the-homestead-wellesley-college-wellesley-massachusetts-circ. Accessed October 24, 2026.