Steamboat - Wilson Line, CITY OF CHESTER

Name/Title

Steamboat - Wilson Line, CITY OF CHESTER

Entry/Object ID

1987.01.2751

Description

Postcard depicting a steamboat underway. The caption reads, ‘Wilson Line, City of Chester’. The message on the verso reads, ‘Wilmington, Delaware, September 11, 1913, Dear Captain, I wish you a happy Birthday and many of them – hope that you are happy. Respectfully yours, Nathan Love, 2d Officer, City of Philadelphia’. Note on the verso reads, ‘Received and answered September 13, 1913.’ The card is addressed to Captain J. R. Hattrick, Room 332, H.H., Sailors Snug Harbor, New York, and is postmarked Wilmington, Delaware, September 12, 1913.

Collection

Postcard Collection

Made/Created

Artist

The Star Printing Company, Wilmington, Delaware.

Date made

September 11, 1913

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

Material

Paper

Condition

Overall Condition

Good