Postcard, Confederate Soldiers' Home

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Postcard, Confederate Soldiers' Home

Object number2010.016.01

DateNovember 27, 1910

Mediumpaper, ink

Dimensions3 7/16 x 5 1/2 in. (8.7 x 14 cm)

Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection

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DescriptionPostcard depicting Confederate Soldiers' Home. The Confederate Home was opened by the Ex-Confederate Association in 1890 near Sweet Home (Pulaski County), Arkansas. It housed Confederate veterans and veterans' widows. Originally existing in a small remodeled residence, a new building was built on site in 1892. The new building was remodeled in 1911. The Sweet Home building was closed in 1955 and the remaining residents were moved to a newer, smaller building at the School for the Blind and Deaf in Little Rock. The old buildings in Sweet Home were torn down and the area was mined for bauxite. The entire institution was closed in 1961 and the remaining Confederate widows were moved into nursing homes. The building on the school grounds still stands today.

Color. In the foreground is a open grass area with small evenly spaced trees. In the background beyond the trees is a red brick classical structure, symmetrical in form with a two-level white porch connecting two projecting wings on the front facade. At the top of the postcard in red lettering, "Confederate Soldiers' Home at Sweet Home, near Little Rock, Ark." The reverse of the postcard has been filled-out, printed in blue ink on a typewritter. Addressed to "Eva D. Studer" "Rochester, New York." Postmarked November 26, 1910.

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