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Fort Christina Monument, Wilmington, Delaware, circa 1906

Subject
Monuments & Memorials
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1907 (Golden Age)
Front of Fort Christina Monument, Wilmington, Delaware, circa 1906, c. 1907 lithograph postcard
Front
Back of Fort Christina Monument, Wilmington, Delaware, circa 1906, c. 1907 lithograph postcard
Back

About this subject

A large inscribed boulder monument on a rough stone base, set in a grassy enclosure with low stone walls and a small shed-like building behind it. The inscription commemorates the landing of the first Swedish colonists and the site of Fort Christina, and records that the monument was erected by the Delaware Society of Colonial Dames of America in 1903.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pencil

Love to all Anna will write soon B. [illegible] M[?]76

PublisherThe Central News Company
THIS STONE IS A PORTION OF THE ROCKS ON WHICH LANDED THE FIRST SWEDISH COLONISTS IN AMERICA, 29 MARCH, 1638. ON THIS SPOT STOOD FORT CHRISTINA. HERE THE SWEDES HELD THEIR FIRST CIVIL COURTS, AND IN THE CHAPEL OF THE FORT CELEBRATED THEIR FIRST CHRISTIAN WORSHIP IN THE NEW WORLD. ERECTED BY THE DELAWARE SOCIETY OF COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA, 29 MARCH, 1903. Where the Swedes landed March 29th, 1638, Wilmington, Del. --- LITHO-CHROME TRADE-MARK ORDER No 11589 Published by The Central News Company, Philadelphia, Pa. Leipzig, Berlin, Dresden. This side for the Address only. 91580
PostmarkedRoanoke, VA, December 10, 1906, 10:00
Stamp
Addressed to
Laurence W. Latchland

100 S. Jefferson St., Roanoke, VA

Postcard record

Postmarked, Roanoke, VA
ConditionFair
Place addressedLaurence W. Latchland, 100 S. Jefferson St., Roanoke, VA
Place depictedWilmington, DE
PublisherPhiladelphia, PA
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1930
NotesWhite border around image; heavy wear — top edge torn with a piece missing at upper right, corner wear and staining. Handwritten message runs vertically along the right edge of the front. Postmark: ROANOKE VA. DEC 10 10-AM 1906 (also a flag machine cancel 'DEC 4-P 06'). Undivided back ('This side for the Address only'), Litho-Chrome imprint, white border; stamp torn at bottom edge; pencil dealer marks '112 2.00' at top.

Cite this card

Fort Christina Monument, Wilmington, Delaware, circa 1906, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/fort-christina-monument-wilmington-delaware-circa-1906. Accessed October 5, 2026.