The view shows the Old Manse, a clapboarded colonial house with a gambrel roof and dormer windows, rising behind a lawn. A tall tree and flowering shrubs stand in front, with a small outbuilding at the left. Built in 1770 for the Rev. William Emerson, grandfather of Ralph Waldo Emerson, the house was later home to Nathaniel Hawthorne, who lived there in the 1840s and wrote the tales collected in 'Mosses from an Old Manse.' It stands near Concord's North Bridge, a site of the 1775 battle.
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pencil
Miss Maud
Sikes went to new
England Oct. 1937
with Austin and
Lillie Sikes
Lillie's sister. She
brought this
to me
Black-and-white halftone print on cream stock; light edge and surface wear, no white border.
No postmark or stamp present. Divided-back 'POST CARD' with 'PHOTO GELATINE' divider line; imprint 'AMERICAN ART POST CARD CO. BOSTON, MASS.' along left edge; stamp box reads 'POSTAGE ONE CENT'. Pencil message dated Oct. 1937.
Cite this card
The Old Manse, Concord, MA, circa 1907, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/the-old-manse-concord-ma-circa-1907. Accessed November 2, 2026.
