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Whittier's Home, Amesbury, Massachusetts, circa 1910

Subject
Residences
Card type
Printed photo
Front of Whittier's Home, Amesbury, Massachusetts, circa 1910, printed photo postcard
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Back of Whittier's Home, Amesbury, Massachusetts, circa 1910, printed photo postcard
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About this postcard

The card pictures a two-story clapboard house with dark shutters, set behind a white picket fence and shaded by large trees, identified in the printed caption as "Whittiers' Home, Amesbury, Mass." This was the Amesbury home of poet John Greenleaf Whittier, where he lived from 1836 until his death in 1892; it is preserved as a historic house museum.

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PublisherHowes' Bookstore
Howes' Bookstore, Amesbury, Mass. Whittiers' Home, Amesbury, Mass. --- POST CARD Place Stamp Here Domestic One cent Foreign Two cents GERMANY THIS SIDE FOR THE ADDRESS.
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Postcard record

PublisherHowes' Bookstore
ConditionVery good
Place depictedWhittier's Home, Amesbury, MA
Place mentionedAmesbury, MA
NotesWhite border; vertical publisher imprint at left; printed caption below image; 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

Whittier's Home, Amesbury, Massachusetts, circa 1910, postcard, n.d.. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/whittiers-home-amesbury-massachusetts-circa-1910. Accessed October 24, 2026.