Old Fort Jefferson on Dry Tortugas, near Key West, Fla

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Material Information

Title:: Old Fort Jefferson on Dry Tortugas, near Key West, Fla
Creator:: May Hill Russell Library -- History Dept
Monroe County Public Library System
Place of Publication:: Miami, Fla
Publisher:: Gulf stream card & distributing Co.
Publication Date:: 1940
Language:: English
Physical Description:: 1 postcard : color ; 9 x 14 cm.

Subjects / Keywords:: Drawbridges -- Pictorial works -- Florida -- Dry Tortugas ( lcsh )
Moats -- Pictorial works -- Florida -- Dry Tortugas ( lcsh )
Flags -- Pictorial works -- United States ( lcsh )
Fortification -- Pictorial works -- Florida ( lcsh )
Pictorial works -- Fort Jefferson (Fla.) ( lcsh )
Buildings, structures, etc -- Pictorial works -- Dry Tortugas (Fla.) ( lcsh )
Pictorial works -- Dry Tortugas (Fla.) ( lcsh )
Pictorial works -- Monroe County (Fla.) ( lcsh )
Monroe -- 12087 ( ceeus )
Genre:: picture ( marcgt )
Coordinates:: 24.630041 x -82.924631

Scope and Content:: The front of the fort with moat and drawbridge are shown with an American flag being flown. The back reads "This old Citadel, now Fort Jefferson National Monument, was a formidable coastal defense about the time of the American Civil War. Following terminaiton of hostilities the Fortress was used as a Federal Prison and mecame known as the American Devil's Island. Here Dr. Samuel Mudd of Maryland was imprisioned for giving aid to John Wilkes Booth, assassin of President Lincoln".
Original Location:: History Dept., May Hill Russell Library; 700 Fleming St., Key West, FL 33040.
General Note:: "D. K.-1".