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Entrance to Watervliet Arsenal, Watervliet, New York, circa 1910

Subjects
ArmoriesFactories & Mills
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1902 (Early)
Front of Entrance to Watervliet Arsenal, Watervliet, New York, circa 1910, Nina Radebaugh, MN, USA, c. 1902 lithograph postcard
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Back of Entrance to Watervliet Arsenal, Watervliet, New York, circa 1910, Nina Radebaugh, MN, USA, c. 1902 lithograph postcard
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About this postcard

A tree-lined drive leads from a stone and iron gateway with ball-topped piers toward a large red-brick building of the Watervliet Arsenal, as the printed caption names it. Established in 1813 on the west bank of the Hudson River, the Watervliet Arsenal is the oldest continuously operating U.S. Army arsenal and long served as the nation's principal manufacturer of cannon and heavy ordnance. The brick structure seen at the end of the avenue is typical of the arsenal's early nineteenth-century shop and storehouse buildings.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Dear little Nina Guess you will think I am not a good one, but it seems so hard for one to sit down & write; I am so busy all the time. My Mother is in Schenectady this week with my brother. We are having nice weather here now. Love to all Uncle Phillips

PublisherSouvenir Post Card Co.
1547 ENTRANCE TO WATERVLIET ARSENAL, WATERVLIET, N.Y. --- Post Card This space may be used for Correspondence The Address only to be Written Here Souvenir Post Card Co., New York Printed in Germany.
PostmarkedTroy, NY, December 8, 1907, 18:00
Stamp
Addressed to
Nina Radebaugh

Gowanda Falls, MN

Postcard record

Postmarked, Troy, NY
PublisherSouvenir Post Card Co.
Series1547
ConditionGood
Place addressedNina Radebaugh, Gowanda Falls, MN
PublisherSouvenir Post Card Co., New York, NY
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1902
NotesThin white border around the image; card number 1547 printed at lower left; light corner and edge wear. Postmark: TROY N.Y. DEC 8 6-PM 1907 (with machine flag cancel). Divided-back green "Post Card" stock printed in Germany; colored litho view card, light edge/corner wear and slight soiling.

Cite this card

Entrance to Watervliet Arsenal, Watervliet, New York, circa 1910, postcard, c. 1902. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/entrance-to-watervliet-arsenal-watervliet-new-york-circa-191. Accessed October 24, 2026.