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The Old National Bridge, Richmond, IN, 1906

Subjects
Bridges & DamsTown & City Views
Card type
Printed photo
Date
c. 1906 (Early)
Front of The Old National Bridge, Richmond, IN, 1906, Miss Charlotte Hassett, MA, USA, c. 1906 printed photo postcard
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Back of The Old National Bridge, Richmond, IN, 1906, Miss Charlotte Hassett, MA, USA, c. 1906 printed photo postcard
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About this postcard

The Old National Bridge carries a roadway across the Whitewater River at Richmond, Indiana. The view follows the long span over a wooded valley, with scattered houses on the bluff above and a road curving through the foreground. The bridge carried the National Road, the federal highway begun in 1811 that connected Cumberland, Maryland, with the Midwest. Richmond grew as a National Road town and later became a railroad and manufacturing center in eastern Indiana.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Nov 17-06 - Expect I come home dinner with you next Thursday - if I am wanted Cecil L

The Old National Bridge~Richmond, Ind.
PostmarkedAmesbury, MA, November 20, 1906, 07:30
Stamp
Addressed to
Miss Charlotte Hassett

44 School Street Amesty, MA

Postcard record

Postmarked, Amesbury, MA
ConditionGood
Place addressedMiss Charlotte Hassett, 44 School Street, Amesty, MA
Stamp2c George Washington, red, issued 1902
NotesUndivided-back era card; handwritten message in blue ink across the lower front, dated Nov 17-06; light staining/spotting along the top edge; no white border. Postmark: AMESBURY MASS NOV 20 7 30 AM 1906. Matte halftone print. Light edge wear.

Cite this card

The Old National Bridge, Richmond, IN, 1906, postcard, c. 1906. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/the-old-national-bridge-richmond-in-1906. Accessed November 2, 2026.