Whale Back Light
Date Unknown / Detroit Publishing Company
Collection: Louis J. Mackles Postcard
~ Detroit Publishing Company, “Whale Back Light,” Portsmouth Public Library's Online Archives, accessed November 7, 2024, https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/1072.
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Title
Whale Back Light
Subject
Whale Back Lighthouse, Portsmouth, NH
Creator
Detroit Publishing Company
Source
Louis J. Mackles Collection
Publisher
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Relation
Additional portions of the Louis J. Mackles Collection may be found at the Rye Historical Society, the New Castle Historical Society, the Portsmouth Navy Yard and a single private collector.
Format
JPG derived as TFF
Type
Paper postcard
Identifier
Volume 3, Portsmouth Bridge and Water Views #83-84
Postcard Item Type Metadata
Inscription Back
[typewritten]
"1774-1924
Commemoration
Of the One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Capture of Fort Williams and Mary (now Fort Constitution at New Castle, N.H. August 18, 19 and 20, 1924. The capture of this fort was the first overt act preceding the Revolutionary War. Its store of powder greatly aided the cause of freedom. The historic event will be re-enacted on August 20 by the descendants of the patriots of 1774. Celebrate with us at this historic spot.
[handwritten
Anna B. White
Mr. Sel Seldon Billington
3 Highland Wayside
Andover, Mass"
"1774-1924
Commemoration
Of the One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Capture of Fort Williams and Mary (now Fort Constitution at New Castle, N.H. August 18, 19 and 20, 1924. The capture of this fort was the first overt act preceding the Revolutionary War. Its store of powder greatly aided the cause of freedom. The historic event will be re-enacted on August 20 by the descendants of the patriots of 1774. Celebrate with us at this historic spot.
[handwritten
Anna B. White
Mr. Sel Seldon Billington
3 Highland Wayside
Andover, Mass"
PPL Acc. #
2015.1-419