Alternate title: | Fortress Monroe and Old Point Comfort, Va., as it was in 1861 |
Summary: | Artist's depiction of Fortress Monroe and Old Point Comfort, Virginia, as it was in 1861, circa 1930-1945. Caption reads: "This fortification was originally constructed in 1609, and was then known as Fort Algernoune. The construction of Fortress Monroe was begun in 1819 and finished in 1830. The battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac on March 9, 1862, the first conflict between iron clad vessels, was fought in Hampton Roads, in sight of this fortress." Postcard number: 55371. |
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: |
1861-1870
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Geographical subject – Continent: | North America |
Geographical subject – Country: | United States of America |
Geographical subject – Region: | Virginia |
Geographical subject – District: | Old Point Comfort |
Topical subjects: | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 |
Forts & fortifications |
Fort Monroe (Va.) |
Sailboats |
Steamboats |
Genre: | Postcards |
ArchivesUM location: | Institute of American Deltiology postcard collection |
Repository: | National Trust for Historic Preservation Library Collection |
Browse terms: | Architecture, Landscape, Historic Places |
War, Military |
Collection: | National Trust Library Historic Postcard Collection |
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