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Postcard 1907 Orchard House Parlor Concord MA Maynard Workshop Pre-Linen
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Pre-linen · 1910

Postcard 1907 Orchard House Parlor Concord MA Maynard Workshop Pre-Linen

Concord, Massachusetts, USA1910Pre-linenGood

Step inside the hushed parlor of Orchard House in Concord, Massachusetts — the beloved home where Louisa May Alcott wrote Little Women — captured here in a sepia-toned photographic postcard published by the Maynard Workshop of Waban, Mass. The image reveals a well-appointed Victorian sitting room: a central pedestal table draped with books, delicate side chairs with carved legs, a pianoforte against the far wall hung with framed portraits, and tall multi-pane windows framing heavy drapes. The room radiates the genteel domesticity that Louisa once described as the heart of the March family's fictional home, and collectors of American literary history and New England historic-house ephemera prize this card highly. The card appears unused; the divided back bears the "The City" Post Cards brand and Maynard Workshop imprint — a small regional publisher whose output is scarce today.

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PC-02188 · The Maynard Workshop, Waban, Mass.
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