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Sea Side Park, Lookout Point, Bridgeport, Connecticut, circa 1910

Subjects
Monuments & MemorialsPublic Parks & CommonsWaterfronts & Harbors
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1902 (Early)
Front of Sea Side Park, Lookout Point, Bridgeport, Connecticut, circa 1910, Mrs. James H. Hassett, MA, USA, c. 1902 lithograph postcard
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Back of Sea Side Park, Lookout Point, Bridgeport, Connecticut, circa 1910, Mrs. James H. Hassett, MA, USA, c. 1902 lithograph postcard
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About this postcard

A curving paved walkway edged by a rough stone seawall leads along a grassy park terrace above the water, where benches, a tall shaft monument, a small cannon and a stack of cannonballs overlook Long Island Sound. The card names the spot as Sea Side Park at Lookout Point in Bridgeport, Connecticut, a shoreline park laid out in the late 19th century on the city's south end. The monument and guns recall the park's memorial character, and the view looks out across the sound toward the far shore.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Hope you will come to Bridgeport and see our Park sometime. By

PublisherIllustrated Postal Card Co.
Sea Side Park, Lookout Point, Bridgeport. Conn. --- Illustrated Postal Card Co. New-York-Germany. POST CARD This Side for the Address Only.
PostmarkedBridgeport, CT, August 28, 1907, 19:00
Stamp
Addressed to
Mrs. James H. Hassett

Amesbury, MA

Postcard record

Postmarked, Bridgeport, CT
PublisherIllustrated Postal Card Co.
ConditionGood
Place addressedMrs. James H. Hassett, Amesbury, MA
PublisherIllustrated Postal Card Co., New York, NY
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1902
NotesWhite margin at bottom carrying the printed caption; handwritten message in ink across the lower margin; light corner and edge wear. Postmark: BRIDGEPORT CONN AUG 28 7-PM 1907 (plus a receiving mark AMHERST MASS AUG 29 6-30 AM 07). Undivided back with "This Side for the Address Only"; green 1-cent Franklin stamp; publisher imprint along left edge. Light wear and slight toning at edges.

Cite this card

Sea Side Park, Lookout Point, Bridgeport, Connecticut, circa 1910, postcard, c. 1902. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/sea-side-park-lookout-point-bridgeport-connecticut-circa-191. Accessed October 24, 2026.