Name/Title
Inside Ruins of Fort Jefferson Dry Tortugas, Key West, FloridaEntry/Object ID
1991.05.0001Description
Postcard depicting the interior courtyard and lighthouse at Fort Jefferson. The caption reads, ‘Inside Ruins of Fort Jefferson Dry Tortugas, Key West, Florida’. The description on the verso reads, ‘Inside Fort Jefferson, down its labyrinth of gloomy corridors the visitor can envision the tragedy of Dr. Samuel Mudd, sentenced there as punishment for having set the broken leg of John Wilkes Booth, performing heroic work in a yellow fever epidemic among the garrison and prisoners and pardoned too late to do him any good. Fort Jefferson is now a National Monument.’ The message on the verso reads, 'Just fine here. Gladys Lossau.' The card is addressed to Mrs. M.L. Sloan, 2475 18th Avenue North, St. Petersburg, Florida, and is postmarked Key West, September 10, 1941.Subject Place
Island
Dry TortugasState/Province
FloridaCountry
United States of AmericaContinent
North AmericaCounty
MonroeCollection
Postcard CollectionLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
PostcardNomenclature Sub-Class
Writing MediaNomenclature Class
Written Communication T&ENomenclature Category
Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication
