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Elizabeth Mead Hall, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA, 1905

Subjects
Schools & UniversitiesWomen's History
Card type
Printed photo
Date
c. 1905 (Early)
Front of Elizabeth Mead Hall, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA, 1905, Miss Charlotte Hassett, MA, USA, c. 1905 printed photo postcard
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Back of Elizabeth Mead Hall, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA, 1905, Miss Charlotte Hassett, MA, USA, c. 1905 printed photo postcard
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About this postcard

Elizabeth Mead Hall, a large brick dormitory with a steep gabled roof, tall chimneys, and rows of sash windows, stands at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts. The writer, Angie Crawford Hartz, calls it "the next to the largest of our dormitories" and notes that some freshmen were not on campus. That detail points to Mount Holyoke's residential model, in which students lived and studied on campus. Founded in 1837 by Mary Lyon, the college is the oldest continuing institution of higher education for women in the United States.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Dec. 2, 1905 Dear Charlotte, Haven't I been a long time writ- ing you this postal? I think that my trife home must have brought me to my senses. This is the next to the largest of our dormitories. We have room and need more, as a number of the freshmen are not on the campus. Angie Crawford Hartz.

Elizabeth Mead Hall, Mt Holyoke College, South Hadley, Mass.
PostmarkedSouth Hadley, MA, December 4, 1905, 07:00
Stamp
Addressed to
Miss Charlotte Hassett

44 Skarahawk Street Amesbury, MA

Postcard record

Postmarked, South Hadley, MA
ConditionFair
Place addressedMiss Charlotte Hassett, 44 Skarahawk Street, Amesbury, MA
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, perforated on all sides
NotesUndivided-back era card; handwritten message in ink across the right side and bottom of the picture side, dated Dec. 2, 1905. Image printed on a pale green tinted panel; toning and a stain at the lower right, light edge and corner wear. Postmark: SOUTH HADLEY DEC 4 7 AM; a separate strike reads G BURL DEC 4 7-30P 05. Undivided back with "THE ADDRESS TO BE WRITTEN ON THIS SIDE." and 1c Franklin stamp; light edge wear and a crease at lower left.

Cite this card

Elizabeth Mead Hall, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA, 1905, postcard, c. 1905. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/elizabeth-mead-hall-mount-holyoke-college-south-hadley-ma-19. Accessed November 2, 2026.