Name/Title
PostcardDescription
Black and white postcard with photographs of the Whittier Birthplace, the Amesbury Friends' Meeting House, John Greenleaf Whittier, Whittier's grave, and the library inside of Whittier's Amesbury home. In the upper left-hand corner is a photograph of the Whittier Birthplace with trees and a dirt road in the foreground. In the upper right-hand corner is a photograph of the Amesbury Friends' Meeting House with a tree-lined road in the foreground. In the lower left-hand corner is a photograph of Whittier's grave in a graveyard with a tree and hedges. In the bottom right-hand corner is a photograph of Whittier's library in his Amesbury home; there is a desk on the left, a fireplace with a rug in front of it in the center, and a chair in front of a shelf with many books. In the center of the postcard is an oval photograph of Whittier as an older man, wearing a jacket and bow tie. There is handwritten correspondence that snakes around the front of the postcard. On the back of the postcard, there is a handwritten address, a postmark, an American flag-shaped cancellation stamp, and a green 1¢ postage stamp. The postcard has been used and there are no additional inscriptions.Subject Person/Organization
John Greenleaf WhittierSubject Place
Location
Whittier Birthplace, John Greenleaf Whittier Home, Union CemeteryCity
Haverhill, Massachusetts, Amesbury, MassachusettsRegion
NortheastContinent
North AmericaCollection
Postcard CollectionPostcard Details
Postcard Type
Undivided Back (1901-1907)Publisher
Palmer's 5 and 10 Cent StoreTime Period
20th CenturyPostmark
Date and Time of Postmark
April 1, 1908 at 5 PMPostmark Place
City
Amesbury, MassachusettsRegion
NortheastContinent
North AmericaStamp
Green 1¢ stamp of Benjamin FranklinSender
EmmaAddressee
Name
Miss Adeline CarterAddress
Street
North Atkinson StreetCity
NewburyportState/Province
MassachusettsCountry
United StatesPrimary Language
EnglishDimensions
Width
3-1/2 inLength
5-1/2 inProvenance
Notes
Donated by Richard K. and Yvonne H. Tracy.
Addressed to Miss Adeline Carter (Newburyport, MA)
Sent by Emma (Amesbury, MA)