Alternate title: | Fort Wool, Rip Raps, view from Old Point Comfort, Va. |
Summary: | Fort Wool, view from Old Point Comfort, Hampton, Virginia, circa 1915-1930. Caption reads: "From the Government Wharf at Old Point can be seen the ramparts of the Rip Raps, or Fort Wool, as it is officially called. The fort is located on an artificially constructed island made by sinking on a bar barges loaded with stone. Among the engineers, who began its construction in 1829, was Robert E. Lee, who later became the hero of the Confederacy." Postcard number: R-18654. |
Provider: | Louis Kaufmann & Sons |
Curt Teich & Co. |
Century: | 1901-2000 |
Printing place: | North America |
United States of America |
Illinois |
Chicago |
Place of origin – Continent: | North America |
Place of origin – Country: | United States of America |
Place of origin – Region: | Maryland |
Place of origin – Settlement: | Baltimore |
Temporal subject: |
1911-1920
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1921-1930
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Geographical subject – Continent: | North America |
Geographical subject – Country: | United States of America |
Geographical subject – Region: | Virginia |
Geographical subject – Settlement: | Hampton |
Topical subjects: | Forts & fortifications |
Fort Wool (Va.) |
Genre: | Postcards |
ArchivesUM location: | Institute of American Deltiology postcard collection |
Repository: | National Trust for Historic Preservation Library Collection |
Browse terms: | Architecture, Landscape, Historic Places |
Collection: | National Trust Library Historic Postcard Collection |
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