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White Rocks, Hampton Beach, N.H., 1909

Subjects
Bathing & Beach ResortsBeaches & CoastlinesCoastal Scenery
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1909 (Golden Age)
Front of White Rocks, Hampton Beach, N.H., 1909, c. 1909 lithograph postcard
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Back of White Rocks, Hampton Beach, N.H., 1909, c. 1909 lithograph postcard
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About this postcard

A view across a jumble of dark, seaweed-covered boulders toward calm water, with a low cluster of shoreline buildings and a flagpole on the horizon at left. The card names the spot as White Rocks at Hampton Beach, New Hampshire, a popular summer resort on the state's short Atlantic coast near the Massachusetts line. The tinted, slightly grainy rendering is typical of the color lithograph postcards sold at New England beach resorts in the first decades of the twentieth century.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pencil

Birthday Greeting from White Island J. C.

WHITE ROCKS, HAMPTON BEACH, N.H. --- POST CARD This Space is Exclusively for the Address Message allowed in this space for one cent postage
PostmarkedHampton, July 10, 1909, 17:00
Stamp
Addressed to
Charlotte Hansett

Sparhawk St. Amesbury, MA

Postcard record

Postmarked, Hampton
ConditionGood
Place addressedCharlotte Hansett, Sparhawk St., Amesbury, MA
Place depictedWhite Rocks, NH
Place depictedHampton Beach, NH, NH
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1902, perforated vertical sides only
NotesNarrow white margin around the image; light spotting and surface soiling in the sky area; tinted color lithograph with a fine screen pattern. Postmark: HAMPTON JUL 10 5 PM 1909 — divided-back card with a swallow emblem; colored halftone front with white border; light toning and edge wear, small crease at right.

Cite this card

White Rocks, Hampton Beach, N.H., 1909, postcard, c. 1909. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/white-rocks-hampton-beach-n-h-1909. Accessed November 2, 2026.