Roper's Rock, The Cahill Iron Works

Postcard

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Picnooga

2020.344.001 Recto: A Color-tinted postcard showing two figures atop Rober's Rock
2020.344.001 Recto

A Color-tinted postcard showing two figures atop Rober's Rock

Name/Title

Roper's Rock, The Cahill Iron Works

Entry/Object ID

2020.344.001

Description

An advertising "phostint" postcard with the front showing a color-tinted photograph of two men standing on Roper's Rock at Lookout Point on Lookout Mountain, Tennessee. The photograph also features a white safety fence to the left. The caption at the bottom reads "11376 ROPERS ROCK, POINT LOOKOUT, LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, TENN." This postcard was a series of 15 collectable postcards from the iron works. On the verso is an advertising message from The Cahill Iron Works of Chattanooga. The message reads: "TO SHOW THEM IS TO SELL THEM WHAT? Our line of one-piece Apron Sinks and Sink Combinations. Put a Plate D-92 or D-93 Sink with Drain Board cast integral in your Show Room and see. The handsomest line of Kitchen Sinks and Sink Combinations on the market. Special Sink circular furnished on application. Manufactured by THE CAHILL IRON WORKS CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE Card No. I3—Preserve this card until a series of 15 are received. One card mailed each week."

Subject Place

* Untyped Subject Place

Roper's Rock, Point Lookout, Point Park, Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park

Collection

Lookout Mountain Collection

Postcard Details

Date Published

1907

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

The Cahill Iron Works

Copyright

Type of License

No Copyright - United States