Vintage Providence - The Carrie Tower, Brown U.

Antique postcard
White border era, Postmark 1935
Providence Rhode Island

The 95-foot-tall Carrie Tower was erected on the Front Green in 1904. The elegant brick tower with its clock face and intricate stonework, was a gift from Paul Bajnotti in honor of his late wife, Caroline Mathilde Brown, granddaughter of Nicholas Brown, for whom the University is named. Above the entrance door, an inscription reads: “Love is as Strong as Death.” For many years, a set of carillon bells in the tower's dome would chime on the hour.

Here is a photo I took of the Carrie Tower when I visited Providence over the summer:


 Here is the back of the postcard. It was written and sent by one of the city's famous sons: Fantasy author H.P. Lovecraft
If there were a "holy grail" of postcard questing this would definitely be on the list of contenders for the title.  Though the writer sent thousands of post cards, Brown University owns nearly all of them.
They won't get this one though! They'll have to pry it from my cold dead hands. Unless maybe we can make a deal to trade some classes at RISD for it.

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