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Baby Show, Lake Compounce, Bristol
Date1906
MediumBlack and white postcard
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 5 9/16 × 3 9/16in. (14.1 × 9cm)
Credit LineGift of Jessie Norton-Lazenby
DescriptionBlack and white postcard of a baby show at Lake Compounce in Bristol, Connecticut. People are standing on the Lake Compounce lawn. There is a boat in the distance. There are trees throughout the image.
Object number2021.44.59
MarkingsPrinted on front in black ink: "EDGE OF THE CROWD. BABY SHOW. Lake Compounce."Printed in black ink on back: "Post Card."
Printed in black ink on back: "PUT / ONE CENT / STAMP / HERE"
Printed in black ink on back: "THIS SIDE FOR ADDRESS ONLY"
Printed in black ink on back: "PIERCE AND NORTON, BRISTOL, CONN."
Stamped in black ink on back: "BRISTOL / SEP 8 / 9 AM / CC"InscribedHandwritten in black ink on back: "Mrs Ambrose J. Fienne / Torrington / Conn. / R.D. # 2."
Handwritten in black ink on back: "Dear Sister, / It seems a long time since we have heard from you. / There is to be a temperance meeting at Burlington Town Hall, [illegible]- Sundays Sept / 13 at 3.- PM. Cannot / / you all arrange to come! Hope you are / all well. and doing / well. - We are all abroad - / as usual. Loving by / {ilegible] / Sept 8 - 1908"
Handwritten in black ink on back: "The speaker is M.J. [illegible] of Phil'a"
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