Phoenixville Post Office, Original Site, Connecticut, 1905
THF48488 / Phoenixville Post Office, Original Site, Connecticut, 1905
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Artifact Overview
This image shows a postcard of the Phoenixville Post Office, now in Greenfield Village. The sender, Lillian Andrews Estabrooks, writes to the recipient: "Dear Lill, Here is where your letters come when you write," and notes for posterity that she taught in Phoenixville in 1905. The post office was built in the 1820s--in this picture postcard it is clearly showing its age.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic postcard
Subject Date
1905
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
EI.1929.2712
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 10 in
Width: 8 in
Inscriptions
Handwritten on the upper half of the photograph, with the photo and note:
Phoenixville, CT. Nov. 5, '05 Dear Lill:- Here is where your letters come when you write- / L.A.E.
Lower half of the copy photograph, on the address side of the postcard:
[to] Mrss. [sic] Charles Aldrich 4114 So. Yakima Ave. Tacoma Wash
Handwritten on the side of the address side of the photographic postcard:
"Lillie" Estabrooks [writing rather illegible] (Andrews) / Taught here in 1905
verso, typed:
View of Phoenixville Post Office on its original site
verso, stamped:
Henry Ford Museum with B neg # 34020
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ArtifactPhoenixville Post Office
The Phoenixville Post Office, built around 1825 in northeastern Connecticut, was always more than a post office. Under Lorenzo Bullard, who probably built the structure, it was a grocer's and apothecary shop. By 1850 it was the post office and community gathering place for this rural town. It sold stamps and stationery--and was the place to go to talk about local happenings.