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Postcard Dover NH Central Ave Garrison Hill 1905 Patented Pull-Out Rotograph
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Pre-linen · 1905

Postcard Dover NH Central Ave Garrison Hill 1905 Patented Pull-Out Rotograph

Dover, New Hampshire, USA1905Pre-linenGood

From a rooftop vantage above the rooftops of Dover, New Hampshire, the busy intersection of Central Avenue and Garrison Hill spreads out in crisp Edwardian detail — horse-drawn wagons navigating the streets below, mill buildings rising on the horizon, and the Cocheco River's industrial banks just visible at the edge of town. This handsome sepia-toned souvenir card by the Rotograph Company of New York City dates to the patent date of December 5, 1905 (No. 806631), a moment when Dover was a thriving textile mill city anchored by the Cocheco Manufacturing Company. A brass eyelet on the front card secures a pull-out accordion strip revealing additional photographic views of Dover: the Court House, Cocheco River and Mills, and further civic landmarks — a complete portrait of a prosperous New England industrial city at its Edwardian peak. The Rotograph Co. was one of America's premier early postcard publishers, importing European printing quality to American souvenir subjects. Unused and unaddressed, the blank "Souvenir Mail Card / This Side for Address Only" verso retains its original freshness, with the "One Cent Postage All Over the World" notation marking it firmly in the pre-divided-back era.

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