Summary: | Walls and moat, Fort Monroe, Old Point Comfort, Virginia, circa 1951-1980. Caption reads: "Walls and moat, Fort Monroe, Old Point Comfort, Virginia. The southwest wall of the fort contains the casemate (chamber) where Jefferson Davis was imprisoned in May 1865. The window of his cell is the eighth from the right. Today the Jefferson Davis casemate is open to the public as a museum." Postcard number: 20630. |
Creator: | Miller, Walter H. |
Provider: | Walter H. Miller & Company, Inc. |
Century: | 1901-2000 |
Place of origin – Continent: | North America |
Place of origin – Country: | United States of America |
Place of origin – Region: | Virginia |
Place of origin – Settlement: | Williamsburg |
Temporal subject: |
1951-1960
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1961-1970
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1971-1980
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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 |
Moats |
Fort Monroe (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 |
War, Military |
Collection: | National Trust Library Historic Postcard Collection |
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