North Building, Connecticut Hospital for Insane, Middletown
Date1911
Mediumphotomechanical print; ink
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 3 1/2 × 5 1/2in. (8.9 × 14cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Barbara Becker Girard
DescriptionColor postcard of North Building at the Connecticut Hospital for Insane in Middletown, Connecticut, sent to Miss Mildred Noble of Naugatuck, Connecticut, on February 6, 1911. View of the front-left side of the building, showing portico, lawn and landscaping. White curtains are drawn across the balconies on the second story.
Object number2021.16.15
InscribedPrinted in red ink on top of image on front: "North Building, Conn. Hospital for Insane, Middletown, Conn."Printed in light green in lower right corner of image on front: "R90953"
Handwritten in pencil near top-middle on back: "1 --"
Printed in green ink on back: "POST CARD/ THIS SIDE FOR ADDRESS ONLY/ Publ. by The August Schmelzer Co., Meriden, Conn./ No. 52 Made in Germany"/ THIS SIDE FOR MESSAGE."
Stamped in black ink in circle on back: "MIDDLETOWN, CONN/ FEB 6/ 5 PM/ 1911"
Handwritten in blue ink on back: "They wouldn't keep/ me. Said I wasn't/ crazy enough. How/ about it?/ H. / Miss Mildred Noble/ Naugatuck/ Conn.
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