Thomas Bailey Aldrich House, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, circa 1940

Subject: Residences
Card type: Linen
Date: c. 1930 (White Border)

Back of Thomas Bailey Aldrich House, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, circa 1940, c. 1930 linen postcard — Back

About this postcard

A two-story yellow clapboard house with dark green shutters, a pedimented doorway and two chimneys, seen from the street corner with shrubs and trees around it. The printed caption names it as the Thomas Bailey Aldrich House in Portsmouth, New Hampshire — the boyhood home of the writer Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836–1907), whose novel "The Story of a Bad Boy" drew on his years here. The house on Court Street is preserved as a historic house museum associated with Strawbery Banke.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Dear one, Took an unexpected trip into Mass. with Mrs. Cady to N.H. Stopped at Strafford We are at the Public House for lunch, arrived here an hour ago. The trip was very nice. This trip was not long Thanks for your letter will write soon Love Ruth

PublisherHarry Winebaum News Agency

THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH HOUSE, PORTSMOUTH, N. H. --- THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH HOUSE Court Street, known to readers of the "Story of a Bad Boy" as the Nutter House. Boyhood home of Thomas Bailey Aldrich. Furnished in minutest detail as described in the "Story of a Bad Boy." In the garden are the flowers mentioned in Aldrich's poems. In a fire-proof building in the rear are preserved many autographed books and numerous manuscripts given to and written by Thomas Bailey Aldrich. PUB. BY HARRY WINEBAUM NEWS AGENCY, PORTSMOUTH, N.H. TICHNOR QUALITY VIEWS REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. MADE ONLY BY TICHNOR BROS., INC. BOSTON, MASS. 63184

PostmarkedPortsmouth, NH, September 26, 1949, 18:00

Addressed to

Mrs. Roy La Motte

187 South Main St., New Canaan, CT

Postcard record

Postmarked	September 26, 1949, 18:00, Portsmouth, NH
Publisher	Harry Winebaum News Agency
Condition	Good
Place addressed	Mrs. Roy La Motte, 187 South Main St., New Canaan, CT
Place depicted	Thomas Bailey Aldrich House, Portsmouth, NH
Stamp	1c George Washington, green, perforated on all sides
Notes	Linen-textured stock with a thin white border; slight wear at the corners. Postmark: PORTSMOUTH N.H. SEP 26 1949 6 PM. Linen-texture divided-back Tichnor card with white border; light edge wear, slight toning and a small stain at lower left.

Cite this card

Thomas Bailey Aldrich House, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, circa 1940, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/thomas-bailey-aldrich-house-portsmouth-new-hampshire-circa-1. Accessed October 25, 2026.