Description: C 1905 REAL PHOTO POSTCARD OF "RESTCROFT" ... SITUATED ATOP FEDERAL HILL IN MILFORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE ... FIRST CAME "HOLIDAY HOUSE", A SUMMER RETREAT FOR GIRLS WHO WERE MEMBERS OF THE GIRLS' FRIENDLY SOCIETY OF MASSACHUSETTS ... ESTABLISHED by Concord, MA's Rev Hutch at his Broadview Farm in Milford, NH in 1896. In the early 1900s, a second building was erected at the same property: RESTCROFT. Smaller in size than its "sister" Holiday House, it was to serve as a summer convalescent home/ hospital for invalid girls belonging to the same group. There was a chapel on site as well. Both houses served as a summer vacation retreat for girls belonging to the Girl's Friendly Society ... the goal: good board, fresh air, and amusements at a moderate price. Domestic shipping for this PC includes eBay tracking (not necessarily door to door tracking ... more like delivery to hub closest to buyer's address) and insurance. Rigid mailer. Check out other other listings, including Hawaii postcards. Happy to combine shipping where able.
Price: 9.99 USD
Location: Kingston, New Hampshire
End Time: 2025-02-12T10:57:14.000Z
Shipping Cost: 1.55 USD
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Item Specifics
All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Unit of Sale: Single Unit
Number of Items in Set: 1
Artist: Unknown
Occasion: Depicting Restcroft, a Summer Holiday / Convalescence Retreat
Year Manufactured: 1905
Material: Paper
City: MILFORD NH
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Brand/Publisher: Restcroft
Subject: RESTCROFT - SUMMER RETREAT - GIRLS FRIENDLY SOCIETY
Type: Real Photo (RPPC)
Continent: North America
Era: Real Photo (1900-Now)
Country: United States
Region: New Hampshire
Theme: Advertising, Children & Infants, Cities & Towns, Holiday, Occupational, Religious, Convalescents Home / Hospital
Features: Undivided Back, Silvered Real Photo
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Postage Condition: Posted
