The image shows a two-story clapboard house with dark shutters, set behind a white picket fence and shaded by large trees. The printed caption reads "Whittiers' Home, Amesbury, Mass." (likely Whittier's), the Amesbury residence of poet and abolitionist John Greenleaf Whittier. Whittier lived here from 1836 until his death in 1892, and the house later became a museum. By the early 1900s, the home was a literary landmark and a natural subject for souvenir postcards.
White border; vertical distributor credit at left edge of photo: Howes' Bookstore, Amesbury, Mass.; printed caption below image: Whittiers' Home, Amesbury, Mass.; small spot at lower left.
No postmark. Undivided back with "THIS SIDE FOR THE ADDRESS." and a German-printed stamp box ("Domestic One cent / Foreign Two cents"); unused, no writing; light soiling on cream stock. White border on front.
Cite this card
Whittiers' Home, Amesbury, MA, circa 1905, postcard, c. 1901. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/whittiers-home-amesbury-ma-circa-1905. Accessed November 2, 2026.
