Middle Building, Connecticut Hospital for the Insane, Middletown
Date1907
Mediumphotomechanical print; ink
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 3 1/2 × 5 3/8in. (8.9 × 13.7cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Barbara Becker Girard
DescriptionColor postcard of the Middle Building at the Connecticut Hospital for the Insane in Middletown, Connecticut, sent to Miss Rose Todd of Woodbridge, Connecticut, on September 2, 1907. View of the front of the building with trees and lawn, as well as a circular driveway near the front door.
Object number2021.16.13
InscribedPrinted in red ink on top of image on front: "Middle Building, Conn., Hospital for the Insane, Middletown, Conn."Printed in green ink on back, company logo: "LEIPZIG BERLIN DRESDEN/ ANC [in clover leaves]/ N./ Y./ LITHO-CHROME/ ANC [in clover leaves]/ N./ Y./ TRADE MARK/ GERMANY."
Printed in green ink on back: "POST CARD/ No. B 10602/ Published by The Chapin News Company, Hartford, Conn./ Leipzig-Berlin"
Stamped in black ink in circle on back: "MIDDLETOWN/ SEP 2/ 7 AM/ 19/ 07/ CONN."
Handwritten in pencil in top left corner on back: "1/ 50 [superscripted and underlined]"
Handwritten in blue ink on back: "Just returned home Saturday/ night after 3 weeks stay at [possibly our]/ cottage at Grove Beach. I was/ so glad you enjoy your short visit/ in Middletown and sincerelyhope/ you can come again./ Marion Moore sent me a postal/ and I was glad to hear from her./ I expect to go to Savin Rock Labor/ Day and wish I had thought and I/ wuld have met you. I am as/ [b]rown as a berry so you might not/ recognize me. Write soon,/ With love, Mildred G./ Miss Rose Todd./ Woodbridge,/ Conn.
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