Connecticut State Insane Hospital, Main Entrance, Middletown
Date1912
Mediumphotomechanical print; ink
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 3 7/16 × 5 3/8in. (8.7 × 13.7cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Barbara Becker Girard
DescriptionColor postcard of the Middletown, Connecticut, Connecticut State Insane Hospital Main Entrance, sent to [probably Margaret] Slattery of Norwich, Connecticut, on July 18, 1912. The image shows a walkway leading to the front steps, with a large tree in the right foreground.
Object number2021.16.16
InscribedPrinted in red ink on top of image on front: "Middletown, Conn./ Connecticut State/ Insane Hospital, Main Entrance."Printed in green ink on back: "POST/ CARD/ MESSAGE MAY BE WRITTEN ON THIS SIDE./ ADDRESS ONLY ON THIS SIDE./ THE HUGH C. LEIGHTON CO., MANUFACTURERS, PORTLAND, ME./ U.S. A. L1041"
Negative space in green uspide-down triangle logo printed on back between "POST" and "CARD": "QUALITY/ HLCo [initials stacked on top of eachother]"
Stamped in black ink in circle on back: "MIDDLETOWN/ JUL 18/ 10 AM/ CONN."
Printed just outside stamped black circle: "1912"
Handwritten in grey ink on back: "Wish you/ were with/ us./ Annie. / Margert Slattery/ 176 Franklin/ St/ Norwich/ Conn."
Black pen marking over purple ink in bottom left corner on back: [illegible]
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