East Rock, a traprock ridge, rises above the New Haven plain, its summit marked by the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument and a small red-roofed structure. A broad tidal flat and channel of water, edged with marsh and snow-patched ground, fill the foreground.
The sender writes of "doing your city to-day, helping to chaperone a party of high school girls." The summit monument honors New Haven's Civil War soldiers and sailors, and the ridge and its park were a familiar destination for city outings in the early 1900s.
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pen
Am doing your city to-day, helping to chaperone
a party of high school girls
Undivided-back era card with a handwritten message on the front below the picture; light surface wear, staining and edge scuffing.
Postmark: NEW HAVEN CONN. JUN 9 8-PM 1906. Undivided back ('THIS SIDE FOR THE ADDRESS'); 1c green Franklin stamp; light toning and edge wear.
Cite this card
East Rock and monument, New Haven, CT, 1906, postcard, c. 1906. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/east-rock-and-monument-new-haven-ct-1906. Accessed November 2, 2026.
