White Island Light, Isles of Shoals, N.H. – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
Few images capture their era like this historic image of White Island Light, Isles of Shoals, N.H.. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Choose the framed print, ready to hang the day it arrives, or the unframed print for a frame of your own. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.
White Island Light, Isles of Shoals, N.H.
Order a print
Thank you. Your order went through, and a receipt is on its way by email.
Secure checkout · SSL encryptedPowered by Stripe and PayPal
Free shipping in the lower 48 states. The checkout page shows the picture, size and price before you pay.
White Island Light, on one of the Isles of Shoals off the New Hampshire coast, appears here on a postcard that carries a personal note. Newspaper correspondent Edmund Noble wrote it from the Hotel Wentworth in Portsmouth in August 1905 to his daughter Lilly, reporting that a group of Russians and Japanese had gone out to the islands that day. That summer, delegates from both countries were in the area for the peace talks that ended the Russo-Japanese War, and Noble, kept at the hotel, spent his free time on a walk to the beach. The record lists the picture as 1901, so the view may predate the card.
| Created / published | 1901 |
|---|---|
| Creator | Noble, Edmund, 1853-1937, correspondent. |
| Subjects | Postcard sent by newspaper correspondent Edmund Noble to his daughter, Lilly. Text reads: Hotel Wentworth, Portsmouth, Aug. 20, 1905. Dear Lilly. A few of the Russians and Japanese went today on a special trip to the Isle of Shoals. They have (6 p.m.) just returned. Having to remain at the hotel, I contented myself with a stroll to the beach. With love, Pa. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 3,234 × 2,063 px · prints to 11 × 7 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 56 |
More from the Lighthouses collection
Snapshots of the Past helps heritage brands, museums, historians and storytellers tell stories with history: historic prints, image licensing and historical storytelling drawn from more than 25 years of research and curation.
