British Invasion of New Haven panel, Sterling Memorial Library, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut

Subjects: Libraries Monuments & Memorials Schools & Universities
Card type: Printed photo
Date: c. 1915 (White Border)

Back of British Invasion of New Haven panel, Sterling Memorial Library, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, c. 1915 printed photo postcard — Back

About this subject

A carved stone panel depicting soldiers in 18th-century uniforms, part of the entrance hall of Sterling Memorial Library at Yale University. The panel commemorates the British invasion of New Haven in 1779.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Dear S. Thanks for letter. am going to get P. Post off at two P.M. Thanks so much will write. Miss Mallon is down there now & I told her to look you up. She is awfully nice - do see her some time. Hope I see Leg before they go down & tell mom & send me some more pecans. love & I. Tiny.

PostmarkedWaltham, MA, August 20, 1935, 22:30

Addressed to

Miss E. L. Godwin

Wedgewood, Aiken, So. Carolina

Postcard record

Postmarked	August 20, 1935, 22:30, Waltham, MA
Series	10
Condition	Very good
Place addressed	Miss E. L. Godwin, Wedgewood, Aiken, SC
Place depicted	Sterling Memorial Library, New Haven, CT
Stamp	1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1930
Notes	White border; printed halftone reproduction of a photograph. Postmark: WALTHAM MASS AUG 20 10:30 PM 1935. Divided-back card with white border; plain (non-linen) surface, light edge wear, pencil dealer notation 'RMLJ 41-' at top right.

Cite this card

British Invasion of New Haven panel, Sterling Memorial Library, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, postcard, c. 1915. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/british-invasion-of-new-haven-panel-sterling-memorial-librar. Accessed October 5, 2026.