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Elizabeth Mead Hall, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts, circa 1905

Subjects
Schools & UniversitiesWomen's History
Card type
Printed photo
Date
Postmarked December 4, 1905 (Early)
Front of Elizabeth Mead Hall, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts, circa 1905, Charlotte Hassett, MA, USA, 1905 printed photo postcard
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Back of Elizabeth Mead Hall, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts, circa 1905, Charlotte Hassett, MA, USA, 1905 printed photo postcard
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About this postcard

A halftone view of Elizabeth Mead Hall, a large brick dormitory with a steep gabled roof, tall chimneys and rows of sash windows, at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts. Mount Holyoke, founded in 1837 by Mary Lyon, is the oldest continuing institution of higher education for women in the United States, and its dormitories were central to its residential seminary model. The writer notes that this is the second-largest of the college's dormitories, of which there were seven at the time.

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 true 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 Heartz.

Elizabeth Mead Hall, Mt Holyoke College, South Hadley, Mass. --- Post Card THE ADDRESS TO BE WRITTEN ON THIS SIDE.
PostmarkedSouth Hadley, MA, December 4, 1905, 10:00
Stamp
Addressed to
Charlotte Hassett

44 Starshawk Street, Amesbury, MA

Postcard record

Postmarked, South Hadley, MA
ConditionFair
Place addressedCharlotte Hassett, 44 Starshawk 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 10 AM (second strike: 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, Massachusetts, circa 1905, postcard, n.d.. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/elizabeth-mead-hall-mount-holyoke-college-south-hadley-massa. Accessed October 24, 2026.