Name/Title
PostcardEntry/Object ID
2026.028.020Scope and Content
Photo postcards of the bathing house at Bushy Point. The first is black and white. The second is handcolored and is addressed to Mrs. A. E. Kingsley, South Berwick, Maine, 1912 with the message "Dear Mama, Many happy returns of the day. I have just been in bathing with Dolly and Melia. Dolly fell in and got her hair wet. With love to all, E.B.K."
The postcard is written by Elizabeth Kingsley to her mother, Ida Kingsley. Elizabeth references Dolly and Amelia Stiles, her first cousins. Both families maintained summer properties at Bushy Point. Mark D. Stiles leased the resort property from 1909-1919.Collection
Kingsley CollectionAcquisition
Accession
2026.028Source or Donor
Found in Collection (Philip Stiles?)Acquisition Method
Found in CollectionLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
PostcardNomenclature Sub-Class
Writing MediaNomenclature Class
Written Communication T&ENomenclature Category
Category 06: Tools & Equipment for CommunicationSearch Terms
Bushy Point, Bluff Point