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Old Nathan Hale School House, New London, Connecticut, circa 1910

Subjects
PatrioticSchools & Universities
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1915 (White Border)
Front of Old Nathan Hale School House, New London, Connecticut, circa 1910, c. 1915 lithograph postcard
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Back of Old Nathan Hale School House, New London, Connecticut, circa 1910, c. 1915 lithograph postcard
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About this postcard

A red clapboard, gambrel-roofed one-room schoolhouse with white trim stands on a rough stone foundation above a grassy bank and stone steps, with frame houses and utility poles in the background. The card names it as the Old Nathan Hale School House in New London, Connecticut, the school where the young schoolmaster and future Revolutionary War hero Nathan Hale is said to have taught in 1774-1775 before entering the Continental Army. The gambrel-roofed building, preserved as a historic shrine, is one of New London's best-known colonial relics.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Freelender this is the neuest Bild Jan 4 - 09 I wont get to New York until the Papa

Translation

Freelender this is the newest picture Jan 4 - 09 I wont get to New York until the Papa

PublisherRhode Island News Company
Old Nathan Hale School House, New London, Conn. --- POST CARD LEIPZIG BERLIN DRESDEN LITHO-CHROME TRADE MARK GERMANY. No. B 14205 Published by The Rhode Island News Company, Providence, R. I. Leipzig-Berlin
PostmarkedNew London, CT
Stamp
Addressed to
Miss Chmelath Hildreth

Amesbury, MA

Postcard record

PostmarkedNew London, CT
PublisherRhode Island News Company
ConditionGood
Place addressedMiss Chmelath Hildreth, Amesbury, MA
Place depictedOld Nathan Hale School House, CT
Place depictedNew London, CT, CT
PublisherRhode Island News Company, Providence, RI
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1902
NotesWhite border along the right edge; divided-back era color lithograph with a pale blue sky wash. Postmark: NEW LONDON CONN JAN 11 11-AM 19. Divided-back Litho-Chrome card, 1¢ Franklin stamp, light edge wear.

Cite this card

Old Nathan Hale School House, New London, Connecticut, circa 1910, postcard, c. 1915. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/old-nathan-hale-school-house-new-london-connecticut-circa-19. Accessed October 24, 2026.