Thomas Bailey Aldrich House, Portsmouth, NH, 1949

Subject: Residences
Card type: Linen
Date: c. 1949 (Chrome)

Back of Thomas Bailey Aldrich House, Portsmouth, NH, 1949, c. 1949 linen postcard — Back

About this postcard

A two-story yellow clapboard house with dark green shutters, a pedimented doorway, and two chimneys, seen from a street corner with shrubs and trees around it. The house was the boyhood home of Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836-1907), the poet, novelist, and Atlantic Monthly editor whose novel The Story of a Bad Boy drew on his Portsmouth youth; the book's Rivermouth is a thinly disguised version of the city. The house on Court Street is preserved as a historic house museum associated with Strawbery Banke.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Dear Doris, Took an unexpected trip with Mrs. Colby to N.H. Stopped at Sturbridge Mass at the Publick House for dinner. arrived here I am just the two of us this trip more relaxing 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 Mothe

189 South Main St. New Canaan, CT

Postcard record

Postmarked	September 26, 1949, 18:00, Portsmouth, NH
Publisher	Harry Winebaum News Agency
Series	63184
Condition	Good
Place addressed	Mrs. Roy La Mothe, 189 South Main St., New Canaan, CT
Place depicted	Thomas Bailey Aldrich House, Portsmouth, NH
Stamp	1c George Washington, green, issued 1938, perforated on all sides
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.

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Thomas Bailey Aldrich House, Portsmouth, NH, 1949, postcard, c. 1949. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/thomas-bailey-aldrich-house-portsmouth-nh-1949. Accessed November 2, 2026.