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College campus looking north, Middletown, CT, 1906

Subject
Schools & Universities
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1906 (Early)
Front of College campus looking north, Middletown, CT, 1906, c. 1906 lithograph postcard
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Back of College campus looking north, Middletown, CT, 1906, c. 1906 lithograph postcard
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About this postcard

The view looks north across the Wesleyan University campus in Middletown, Connecticut, over a grassy slope and a curving path. A large brick building with a mansard roof stands at left, a stone chapel-like building sits near the center, and a church spire rises at right above the trees. Wesleyan was founded by Methodist ministers in 1831 and had become an established New England college by the time this card was mailed. Its campus sat just west of Middletown's downtown, close to the Connecticut River, and the mix of brick dormitories, chapels, and academic halls gave the college its characteristic College Row frontage.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

6-7-06. Dear Lutie you may think I have forgotten you but I often think of home and friends when

PublisherH.C. Leighton Co.
Middletown, Conn., College Campus Looking North.
PostmarkedMiddletown, CT, June 8, 1906, 14:00
Stamp
Addressed to
Lulu Frank

Unity, ME

Postcard record

Postmarked, Middletown, CT
PublisherH.C. Leighton Co.
ConditionFair
Place addressedLulu Frank, Unity, ME
Place depictedMiddletown, CT
PublisherH.C. Leighton Co., Portland, ME
receivedUNION
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1930, perforated on all sides
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1902, perforated vertical sides only
NotesHandwritten message on front (dated 6-7-06); white border at bottom; printed caption in image: "Middletown, Conn., College Campus Looking North." Postmark: MIDDLETOWN CONN. JUN 8 2-PM 1906 (flag cancel with stars and stripes). Second partial receiving mark: UNION JUN 9 5 PM. Undivided back ("This side is for the address."), H.C. Leighton Co. imprint, made in Germany. Light edge wear and toning.

Cite this card

College campus looking north, Middletown, CT, 1906, postcard, c. 1906. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/college-campus-looking-north-middletown-ct-1906. Accessed November 2, 2026.