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Measurements:
• Width: 5.5"
• Height: 3.5"
Subject: Camp at Mortar Battery, Sandy Hook, N.J.
Type: Real Photo Postcard (RPPC)
Era: Divided Back (1907-1915)
Postmark Date: Jan 12, 1912
Postmark Location: Fort Totten, NY
Stamp: 1 Cent Benjamin Franklin
Theme: Military, Army Life, Tents, Soldiers
Orientation: Landscape
Finish: Matte
Color: Black & White / Sepia
Country of Origin: Unknown
The message is written in a classic cursive hand of the period:
Addressee:
Miss Bertha Thorpe
Glen Essex
Methuen, Mass.
Box 79
Message:
"I am sending you my picture that I promised you. Did you forget that you owe me a letter? Must write soon. Don't forget that even if this picture is homely enough that it [is?] the way I look at that..."
Keywords: Antique Postcard, RPPC, Military History, Sandy Hook NJ, New Jersey, Fort Totten, 1912, Army Camp, Mortar Battery, Vintage Ephemera, Soldier Life, Tent City, Historical Collectible, Divided Back Era
