Old Float Bridge, Hertford, N. C.
Rating
Title
Old Float Bridge , Hertford , N . C .
Transcription
Message on front of card reads : "Wishing you and your house-hold a joyous Easter . An iron bridge now replaces this unique structure . K.W.R. " Addressed to: "Mr . & Mrs . John P . Goss , Rickmond , Virginia . 614 N . 9th Street. " Postmarked 14 April 1906 .
Description
Real photo view of a wooden float bridge across a river , also showing men and horse-drawn carts on the bridge . The card also reads , "Built 1784. "
Creation Date
1906
Date
ca. 1906
Subject Topical
Postcards--North Carolina.
Subject Geographic
Hertford (N.C.) Perquimans County (N.C.)
DCMI Type
Image
Form General
Postcards
Language
English
Physical Description of Original
86 mm x 138 mm
Medium of Original
Paper
Collection in Repository
Durwood Barbour Collection of North Carolina Postcards (P077) ; collection guide available online at http://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/P0077/
Local Identifier
P077;2-272
Citation
"Old Float Bridge, Hertford, N. C." in Durwood Barbour Collection of North Carolina Postcards (P077), North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives, Wilson Library, UNC-Chapel Hill
Digital Collection
North Carolina Postcards
Repository
North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Host
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Copyright
Public Domain
filename
P077-2-272.tif
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