Allegheny General Hospital, Allegheny, PA, circa 1905

Subject: Hospitals & Sanatoria
Card type: Printed photo
Date: c. 1905 (Early)

Back of Allegheny General Hospital, Allegheny, PA, circa 1905, c. 1905 printed photo postcard — Back

About this postcard

A black-and-white view of the Allegheny General Hospital, a large multi-story building with rows of windows, seen from across a street with bare trees and a small fountain or monument in the foreground. Handwritten correspondence covers the right side of the image.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Dear Alma:- Received the Turkey you shipped to me but I did not eat any of it - was not feeling well I feel well today Thanksgiving day hope you are the same

PostmarkedPITTSBURGH

Addressed to

Miss Alma Kisinger.

R.F.D. No.1. Mifflintown, PA

Postcard record

Postmarked	PITTSBURGH
Series	352
Condition	Fair
Place addressed	Miss Alma Kisinger., R.F.D. No.1., Mifflintown, PA
Place depicted	Allegheny General Hospital, Allegheny, PA
Stamp	1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1930, perforated on all sides
Stamp	1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1902, perforated vertical sides only
Notes	Handwritten message on front; card appears early 20th century; worn edges and stains. Postmark: PITTSBURGH PA (date illegible). Undivided back; message written on the front. Heavy diagonal creases, foxing/stains, dealer pencil marks (circled PS, $1.-) at top. Message line originally began 'feel well'; struck through and rewritten as 'I feel well today'.

Cite this card

Allegheny General Hospital, Allegheny, PA, circa 1905, postcard, c. 1905. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/allegheny-general-hospital-allegheny-pa-circa-1905. Accessed November 2, 2026.