Postcard
Postcard

Postcard

Object number
2009.3.129
Date
1913
Description
A postcard printed for the"O.H. Perry Centennial" (War of 1812). Images are printed in red, white, and blue, and include a portrait of Oliver Hazard Perry, "Perry's Look Out" on Gibraltar Island, and the Oliver Hazard Perry Birthplace. Printed text (made to appear as handwriting) reads: "We have met the enemy and they are ours:/Two Ships, two Brigs, one/Schooner + one Sloop./Yours with great respect and esteem-/OH Perry."
Related People & Organizations
Perry, Oliver Hazard, 1785-1819 (associated)