Category: Architecture
Start of the Revolutionary War
Postcard The Hancock Clark House in Lexington Mass. Built in 1738 John Hancock and Samuel Adams were staying here on April 18 1775 Paul Revere called here to warn them of the approaching British army.
Judging by the stamp. this card was posted in the early 1900’s
Postcards As History
Old Custom House Where Nathaniel Hawthorne Worked, Salem Massachusetts
Postmarked Lynn Mass 1922
Airfield House
Vintage – a house from the early 1900’s in Dundrum Dublin Ireland
Historic Portsmouth
Postcard view of 2 historic houses on Middle Street in Portsmouth New Hampshire
Manchester Cathedral
I can’t make out the date on this postmark but I would guess that the card dates from the early 1900’s.
View of the Waterfront, Everett Washington, 1910
Postcard image
Cote D’Azur
This card is rather puzzling. Written in June 1953 and posted from Ohio. The message seems totally unrelated to the card.
But I like the image on the card.
Historic House
Phillips Brooks House, Class of 1881, Harvard College. Cambridge Mass.
This postcard was franked Sep 13 1910 Wilkinsburg Pa 1910 and addressed to a woman in Ohio
Oh if only this card could speak – instead I’ll have to think up the story it might tell.
A Place Forgone
Postcard – Place et Statue de Stanislas L’Hotel de Ville et La Cathedrale
Once upon a time, long ago, I had a scholarship to study in Nancy in the North of France. For a variety of reasons I decided not to avail myself of this honor. A path not taken.
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