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Approach to Suspension Bridge, Covington, KY, 1907

Card type
Lithograph

About this postcard

A street view looking toward the tower of the Ohio River suspension bridge at Covington, Kentucky, with a streetcar approaching on the tracks and pedestrians on the sidewalk; brick and stone commercial buildings with awnings line the right side of the street. The bridge shown is John A. Roebling's Cincinnati–Covington Suspension Bridge, opened in 1866 and widely regarded as the prototype for his later Brooklyn Bridge. Covington, on the Kentucky bank opposite Cincinnati, was a busy river town whose bridge approach carried street railway traffic between the two cities.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

from Papa Sept 15-07

PostmarkedAmesbury, MA, September 17, 1907, 20:00
Stamp
Addressed to
Miss Charlotte Bannard

Amesbury, MA

Postcard record

Postmarked, Amesbury, MA
PublisherKraemer Art Co.
SeriesNo. 526
ConditionGood
Place addressedMiss Charlotte Bannard, Amesbury, MA
PublisherKraemer Art Co., Cincinnati, OH
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, perforated on all sides
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1900
NotesUndivided-back era card with a small handwritten inscription in the lower margin ("from Papa Sept 15-07"); slightly soiled and edge-worn stock. Postmark: AMESBURY MASS SEP 17 8 PM 1907. Undivided back, white-bordered color lithograph card; Kraemer Art Co. imprint on left edge; light edge wear.

Cite this card

Approach to Suspension Bridge, Covington, KY, 1907, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/approach-to-suspension-bridge-covington-ky-1907. Accessed November 2, 2026.