Antique & Vintage Postcards

Framed by towering elms and a gracefully curving drive, the Kittredge Mansion of North Andover, Massachusetts stands as a portrait of Federal-era New England at its most dignified — built in 1784 for Dr. Thomas Kittredge, surgeon of the First Massachusetts Regiment during the Revolutionary War, this Georgian-Federal home survived into the early twentieth century as a beloved local landmark. The image, published by Geo. H. Perkins of the Rexall Drug store — a wonderfully American combination of civic boosterism and pharmacy marketing — captures the mansion in its mature landscape, the façade partially glimpsed through old-growth trees, a formal entry path sweeping to the front door. The divided-back format and "domestic one cent / foreign two cent" postage box date this to the 1907–1915 window. Unused and bright despite its age, the card is a significant piece of North Andover local history connecting the town to the Revolutionary generation.