A sepia photograph shows a two-story wood-frame house with a steep gabled roof, central brick chimney, and a covered front porch supported by turned columns. The house has light-colored shutters, a rough stone foundation, and a dirt road in the foreground, with trees and a small outbuilding visible at the sides. The image documents a typical early-20th-century American clapboard dwelling, though the house and location are unidentified.
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pen
Dear S.
Thank you for two
nice traycloths be-
tween you and M-
other Celia and
from Lorn able
to keep my table
looking nice,
love to you and
Bert and the girls
Sepia real-photo print; white border; diagonal crease at upper right, surface wear/staining, and edge wear.
Postmark: WALTHAM MASS. 4-PM (no date legible). Divided-back real-photo card with 1¢ Franklin stamp; Doucet Photo Co., Milton, Mass. imprint; handwritten "8/20" in oval at upper left; toned, soiled, edge wear and creases.
Cite this card
Two-story clapboard house with front porch, postcard, c. 1915. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/two-story-clapboard-house-with-front-porch. Accessed October 24, 2026.
