Whaling bark at her dock, New Bedford, Massachusetts, circa 1910
- Card type
- Real photo
- Date
- c. 1902 (Early)
About this postcard
A large three-masted square-rigged bark lies moored alongside a wooden wharf, with a U.S. flag at her mainmast truck and several small rowboats and a sloop in the foreground water; figures stand on the pier. The caption identifies her as a whaling bark at her dock in New Bedford, Massachusetts, the great center of the American whaling industry in the nineteenth century. By the time this photograph was made, New Bedford's fleet had dwindled, and such vessels were already becoming nostalgic symbols of the port's whaling past.
Postcard Details
Amesbury, MA
Postcard record
| Postmarked | |
|---|---|
| Publisher | The Rotograph Co. |
| Series | A 21722 |
| Condition | Good |
| Place addressed | Charlotte S. Hassett, Amesbury, MA |
| Place depicted | New Bedford, MA |
| Publisher | The Rotograph Co., New York, NY |
| Stamp | 1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1902 |
| Notes | Caption printed in the negative; handwritten note in pencil across the lower front; light edge wear and a few small spots. Postmark: NEW BEDFORD AUG 1 5 PM 1906 MASS (with AMESBURY AUG 3 1906 receiving mark). Undivided back with "This side for the Address."; Rotograph Co. imprint printed in Germany; light edge wear and slight toning. |
Cite this card
Whaling bark at her dock, New Bedford, Massachusetts, circa 1910, postcard, c. 1902. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/whaling-bark-at-her-dock-new-bedford-massachusetts-circa-191. Accessed October 24, 2026.