Wentworth Home for the Aged, Dover, NH, 1908

Subject: Hospitals & Sanatoria
Card type: Lithograph
Date: c. 1908 (Golden Age)

Back of Wentworth Home for the Aged, Dover, NH, 1908, c. 1908 lithograph postcard — Back

About this postcard

A large three-story red brick institutional building with green shutters and white columned porches, set among trees and shrubs on a broad lawn. A wooden post-and-rail fence runs across the foreground.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Wentworth Home Aug 16 Dear Betti I am well and I am glad you are haveing a good Time would like to see you all today. How is Aunt Emma give my love to all and a kiss kiss Lillian for me from Peggie

PostmarkedDover, NH, August 17, 1908, 10:30

Addressed to

Mrs. H. C. Hacking

R F D Conway Center

Postcard record

Postmarked	August 17, 1908, 10:30, Dover, NH
Publisher	The Robbins Bros. Co.
Series	No. J. 12124
Condition	Fair
Place addressed	Mrs. H. C. Hacking, R F D, Conway Center
Place depicted	Wentworth Home for the Aged, Dover, NH
Publisher	The Robbins Bros. Co., Boston, MA
Stamp	1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1930, perforated on all sides
Stamp	1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1902, perforated vertical sides only
Notes	Chromolithograph with textured surface; no white border, image bleeds to edge. Heavy dark speckling/staining across the sky area; corner wear. Postmark: DOVER N.H. AUG 17 10-30A 1908; second partial circular postmark, largely illegible. Divided-back card with flag 'Post Card' cancel; imprint along left edge 'No. J. 12124 The Robbins Bros Co., Boston, Mass. and Germany.' Light edge wear and album residue at top left; small pencil marks, including dealer mark '#597'.

Cite this card

Wentworth Home for the Aged, Dover, NH, 1908, postcard, c. 1908. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/wentworth-home-for-the-aged-dover-nh-1908. Accessed November 2, 2026.