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A color postcard of a white mansion with lush flowers and greenery.

Old Hermitage Mansion, Savannah, Ga.

Object Details

  • Date

    ca. 1907-1930

  • Object Type

    Photographs

  • Medium

    Halftone print

  • Contributors

    Published by E. C. Kropp Company

  • Object Format

    Postcard

  • Dimensions

    3 9/16 x 5 1/2 in.

  • Inscriptions

    Recto:

    u.l. to u.c. printed: Old Hermitage Mansion, Savannah, Ga. - 71

    Verso:

    u.l. to u.c. printed: The Hermitage, famous plantation and estate \ of the McAlpin family since 1819. Present man- \ sion built 1830, plantation settled 1783, and \ consists of 500 acres along Savannah River front. \ Many of the old slave huts and plantation build- \ ings standing and partially destroyed can be \ viewed. Is probably the most famous and repre- \ sentative of ante-bellum plantations in the South.

    c.l. printed [along left edge]: E.C. KROPP CO., MILWAUKEE

  • Collection Name

    Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    P1976.48.678

  • Copyright

    Public domain

Additional details

Location: Off view
Part of: Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection

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