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The Hanging Rock, Newport, Rhode Island, circa 1910

Subject
Monuments & Memorials
Card type
Real photo
Date
c. 1915 (White Border)
Front of The Hanging Rock, Newport, Rhode Island, circa 1910, c. 1915 real photo postcard
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Back of The Hanging Rock, Newport, Rhode Island, circa 1910, c. 1915 real photo postcard
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About this subject

Sepia view of a large overhanging glacial boulder perched on a rocky outcrop, with a wooden rail fence and rough stone wall in the foreground and scrubby grass and brush around it. Open fields and low trees stretch to the horizon behind the rock.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Rm L5 4- To reply Susan Beene

PublisherThe Albertype Co.
THE HANGING ROCK. NEWPORT, R. I. --- POST CARD THIS SPACE FOR MESSAGE. THIS SPACE FOR ADDRESS. Post Cards of Quality—The Albertype Co., Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Postcard record

ConditionGood
Place depictedThe Hanging Rock, Newport, RI
PublisherThe Albertype Co., Brooklyn, NY
NotesSepia-toned real photo print with a narrow white margin at the bottom carrying the printed caption; light edge and corner wear. Handwritten inventory mark "S 104" in the lower right corner (not a message). No postmark. Divided-back card with Albertype Co. imprint; handwritten notation in message space ("RMLJ 4" and "Property / Swansea Beaver"); no stamp present. Front (context only) shows a sepia view with white border.

Cite this card

The Hanging Rock, Newport, Rhode Island, circa 1910, postcard, c. 1915. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/the-hanging-rock-newport-rhode-island-circa-1910. Accessed October 5, 2026.