Caroline Lowe House – by Mario Sanchez

© Key West Art & Historical Society

© Key West Art & Historical Society

Name/Title

Caroline Lowe House – by Mario Sanchez

Entry/Object ID

1988.01.0066

Description

Postcard depicting a woodcut of a house with a Confederate flag, women on the front porch, and soldiers marching in the street. The description on the verso reads, ‘Caroline Lowe House – by Mario Sanchez 1963 – Painted Woodcarving. Duval Street at Caroline, Key West, Florida. (Now site of Gulf Life Ins. Co.) Local history tells of Caroline Lowe, Confederate beauty, who would fly the Stars and Bars from the widow’s walk atop the dwelling whenever Union troops marched by. But when a searching party entered and looked for the flag, it was nowhere to be seen. Caroline wore hoops, but the house also had newel posts that could have concealed the flag.’

Collection

Mario Sanchez Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Postcard

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Writing Media

Nomenclature Class

Written Communication T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

Condition

Good