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Old North Bridge

DateEarly 1900s
Terms
  • Postcards
  • Ink
  • Paper
  • Concord (Massachusetts)
Dimensions8.88 × 13.96 cm (3 1/2 × 5 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Warren W. Meigs
Object numberM2138BH
DescriptionBlack and white lithographic postcard featuring an view of the Old North Bridge with the Minuteman statue by Daniel Chester French faintly visible in the distance. Trees on the side of the river and around the monument are in full foliage. Text printed below the image reads: "OLD NORTH BRIDGE. Here took place about noon, April 19th, 1775, the principal / engagement in Concord, the British being repulsed and retreating in great / disorder. Across the bridge the statue of the "Concord Minute Man". No message on the reverse.

Originally in scrapbook M2138; removed and catalogued separately during inventory 2006.
Old North Bridge
Object number: 2020.22.1.23