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Centre Square and Civil War monument, Hanover, PA, 1907

Subjects
Monuments & MemorialsSquares & PlazasTown & City Views
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1907 (Golden Age)
Front of Centre Square and Civil War monument, Hanover, PA, 1907, A. R. Briswell, PA, USA, c. 1907 lithograph postcard
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Back of Centre Square and Civil War monument, Hanover, PA, 1907, A. R. Briswell, PA, USA, c. 1907 lithograph postcard
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About this postcard

View across Centre Square in Hanover, Pennsylvania, a tree-shaded public square enclosed by a low iron fence and chain. A Civil War soldiers' monument on a white pedestal stands at the center, with an old field cannon and carriage on the grass to the left, and commercial buildings and storefronts around the square.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

At the Fair had one with Lillian Thanked for you E-

PublisherThe American News Company
Centre Square, Hanover, Pa.
PostmarkedHanover, PA, September 12, 1907, 18:30
Stamp
Addressed to
A. R. Briswell

York Springs, PA

Postcard record

Postmarked, Hanover, PA
PublisherThe American News Company
Series93872
ConditionGood
Place addressedA. R. Briswell, York Springs, PA
PublisherNew York, NY
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1930, perforated on all sides
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1902, perforated vertical sides only
NotesWhite border along the bottom edge carrying the printed caption; faint diagonal mark/crease in the sky area; undivided-back stock. Postmark: HANOVER PA SEP 12 6-30P 1907. Undivided back ('This side for the Address only'), Litho-Chrome imprint (Leipzig, Berlin and Dresden; published by The American News Company, New York), white border, pencil message written sideways along left edge. Light soiling and foxing.

Cite this card

Centre Square and Civil War monument, Hanover, PA, 1907, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/centre-square-and-civil-war-monument-hanover-pa-1907. Accessed November 2, 2026.