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Looking south from the ramparts, Fortress Monroe, Virginia

Subjects
Bridges & DamsChurchesMilitary Branches & Training Camps
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1915 (White Border)
Front of Looking south from the ramparts, Fortress Monroe, Virginia, Hampton, VA, USA, c. 1915 lithograph postcard
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Back of Looking south from the ramparts, Fortress Monroe, Virginia, Hampton, VA, USA, c. 1915 lithograph postcard
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About this subject

View from the ramparts at Fortress Monroe, Virginia, looking south: a long wooden bridge or walkway over water with several men in suits and hats walking toward the viewer; behind are red brick buildings, a Gothic-style church, lawns, and trees.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

I am sending some shells I picked up on the beach I love you - these boys in the picture are carrying boxes of flowers Bertha

PublisherDetroit Publishing Co.
COPR. DETROIT PUBLISHING CO. 12364 LOOKING SOUTH FROM THE RAMPARTS, FORTRESS MONROE --- "PHOSTINT" TRADE MARK REG U.S. PAT OFF MADE ONLY BY DETROIT PUBLISHING CO POST CARD THIS SPACE MAY BE USED FOR MESSAGE. THIS SPACE FOR THE ADDRESS.
PostmarkedFortress Monroe, VA
Stamp
Addressed to
Miss Elsie Walden

Groton, Mass.

Postcard record

PostmarkedFortress Monroe, VA
Series12364
ConditionGood
Place addressedMiss Elsie Walden, Groton, MA
Place depictedFortress Monroe, Hampton, VA
PublisherDetroit, MI
Stamp1c George Washington, green, issued 1909
NotesWhite border; light foxing/staining in sky area. Postmark: FORTRESS MONROE VA APR 22 7-AM (year illegible). Phostint (Detroit Publishing Co.) divided-back card, c. 1907-1915; 1c green Washington stamp with wavy flag machine cancel; stamp torn at right edge; pencil dealer price mark at top.

Cite this card

Looking south from the ramparts, Fortress Monroe, Virginia, postcard, c. 1915. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/looking-south-from-the-ramparts-fortress-monroe-virginia. Accessed October 5, 2026.