Alternate title: | Newport, R.I., training brig "Boxer" under sail, naval training station |
Summary: | Training brig U.S.S. Boxer under sail at the naval training station in Newport, Rhode Island, circa 1907-1909. Postmark date: March 31, 1909; Postcard number: 5669; Message included. Message reads: "Dear Mamma, There as many as 150 cases on measles here! There is chicken pox and mumps and whooping cough. Diphtheria is not prevalent, there are only six cases. I haven't heard but one of scarlet fever. I'm not going to catch anything else. I go back to school tomorrow. Shall be on the watch for the [illegible]. Love to all, Mary. P.S. There isn't any small pox!" |
Creator: | Childs, W. B. |
Provider: | Hugh C. Leighton Co. |
Century: | 1901-2000 |
Printing place: | Europe |
German Empire |
Frankfort |
Place of origin – Continent: | North America |
Place of origin – Country: | United States of America |
Place of origin – Region: | Maine |
Place of origin – Settlement: | Portland |
Temporal subject: |
1901-1910
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Geographical subject – Continent: | North America |
Geographical subject – Country: | United States of America |
Geographical subject – Region: | Rhode Island |
Geographical subject – Settlement: | Newport |
Topical subjects: | Ships |
Government vessels |
Genre: | Postcards |
ArchivesUM location: | National Trust Library Postcard Collection |
Repository: | National Trust for Historic Preservation Library Collection |
Browse terms: | War, Military |
Architecture, Landscape, Historic Places |
Copyright holder: | Public domain |
Collection: | National Trust Library Historic Postcard Collection |