A tinted view of West Middle School in Hartford, Connecticut, shows a large three-story red-brick building with light stone banding, a steep hipped roof, tall chimneys, and an arched central entrance, set behind a broad lawn and shade trees. West Middle School was one of Hartford's public grammar schools, housed in a substantial brick building typical of city school architecture in the period. The message reads simply "From Papa," a brief family greeting mailed from New York to Charlotte Bassett in Amesbury, Massachusetts, in November 1906.
White border along the bottom carrying the printed caption in red; handwritten note in ink across the lower border ("From Papa, Nov 5 1906"); vertical stain/streak and light surface wear; corners slightly worn.
Postmark: NEW YORK, N.Y. NOV 5 6:30 PM 1906. Undivided back ("THIS SIDE IS FOR THE ADDRESS ONLY"), Poly-Chrome trade mark imprint (published by The Clarion News Company, Hartford, Conn., Leipzig, Dresden), 1¢ Franklin green stamp; light edge wear, small nick at top edge, and a receiving mark "NOV 9 1906 MASS" at the left edge.
Cite this card
West Middle School, Hartford, CT, 1906, postcard, c. 1906. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/west-middle-school-hartford-ct-1906. Accessed November 2, 2026.
