The view looks down a broad gravel drive that runs between rows of light-colored, red-roofed collegiate buildings toward a central arched gateway. Lawns and young trees fill the foreground, and the scale of the drive gives the new campus an open, formal air. The printed caption names the University of Chicago, founded in 1890 with John D. Rockefeller's support in Hyde Park. Its early quadrangles were built in a Gothic-revival style, with limestone walls and red tile roofs that match the halls shown here.
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pen
Dear Charlotte
from Connie Leighton
Sma't School - int one - Erie
White border; handwritten message in ink across the lower front; ink spotting and smudging in the sky area. Postmark: AMESBURY MASS NOV 25 5 PM 1905; second mark CHI & WENT NOV 24 1905 A.M. (transit). Undivided back, 'POST CARD' government imprint with 'Nothing but address on this side,' 1-cent Franklin stamp, white border, matte texture. Minor toning.
Cite this card
University of Chicago campus, Chicago, IL, 1905, postcard, c. 1905. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/university-of-chicago-campus-chicago-il-1905. Accessed November 2, 2026.
