Connecticut Hospital for Insane, Middletown
Mediumphotomechanical print; ink
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 3 9/16 × 5 7/16in. (9 × 13.8cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Barbara Becker Girard
DescriptionColor postcard of the Connecticut Hospital for Insane in Middletown, Connecticut. Postcard features four small, rectangular images of different buildings, two on the left and two on the right, with a decorative scroll down the middle.
Object number2021.16.20
InscribedPrinted in black ink on front: "Connecticut Hospital for Insane, Middletown, Conn."Printed in green ink on back: "PUBLISHED BY MORRIS BERMAN, NEW HAVEN, CONN/ MADE IN U.S.A./ POST/ CARD/ FOR CORRESPONDENCE/ FOR ADDRESS ONLY/ Place the Stamp here/ ONE CENT/ For United States/ and Island Possessions/ Cuba, Canada and/ Mexico./ TWO CENTS/ for foreign/ New Process-Chrom"
Printed in green ink, round logo on back between "POST" and "CARD": "QUALITY/ M [figure with a flag] B [all printed as negative space]/ SERVICE/ TRADE MARK [stamped under round logo]"
Handwriiten in pencil in top right corner on back, erased: "[possibly 10- or 1 0-]"
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