North Building, Connecticut Hospital for the Insane, Middletown
Date1908
Mediumphotomechanical print; ink
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 3 9/16 × 5 1/2in. (9 × 14cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Barbara Becker Girard
DescriptionColor postcard of North Building at the Connecticut Hospital for the Insane in Middletown, Connecticut, sent to Miss Elli Wright of Rocky Hill, Connecticut, on January 3, 1908. View of a road leading up to the building in the background, with a few bare trees in the fore- and middle-grounds.
Object number2021.16.14
InscribedPrinted in red ink on front: "North Building. Connecticut Hospital for the Insane. Middletown, Conn."Handwritten in purple ink on front: "I thank you for the postal card. I hope you/ had a nice Christmas and A Happy New/ Year. from Blanche"
Printed in green ink on back: "POST CARD/ S. 319 S. Langsdorf & Co., New York. - Germany/ THIS SIDE IS FOR THE ADDRESS ONLY."
Stamped in black ink in circle on back: "MIDDLETOWN/ JAN 3/ 3-PM/ 19/ 08/ CONN."
Stamped in black ink in circle on back: "ROCKYHILL, CONN./ JAN/ 3/ 5PM/ REC'D."
Handwritten in blue ink on back: "Miss Elli Wright/ Rocky Hill/ Conn."
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