On View
Not on viewOld North Bridge
Artist
Howard Melvin
1939
DateEarly 1900s
Terms
- Postcards
- Ink
- Paper
- United States
Dimensions8.88 × 13.96 cm (3 1/2 × 5 1/2 in.)
MarkingsWritten in purple pencil on back, "From Howard Melvin, Concord, Mass."
Credit LineGift of Warren W. Meigs
Object numberM2138AL
DescriptionA colored pencil drawing of the Old North Bridge in Concord, Mass., cut to be a postcard. Daniel Chester French's Minute Man statue is visible at the end of the bridge, and a neat row of leafy trees extends on the proper left side of the image, approximately halfway up. On reverse is the handwritten message: "From Howard Melvin / Concord, Mass."
Originally in scrapbook M2138; removed and catalogued separately during inventory 2006.
Originally in scrapbook M2138; removed and catalogued separately during inventory 2006.
Object number: M2138AO
American Art Post Card Co.
Early 1900s
Object number: M2138AS
Inc. Tichnor Bros.
Early 1900s
Object number: M2138BU
The Metropolitan News Co.
Early 1900s
