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Description
This postcard depicts Fort Halifax in Winslow around 1940. The fort is the oldest blockhouse in the United States and is on the National Register of Historic Places.
It was first built by English settlers in 1754 and 1755 and is named after Major General John Winslow.
About This Item
- Title: Fort Halifax, Winslow, ca. 1940
- Creation Date: circa 1940
- Subject Date: circa 1940
- Location: Winslow, Kennebec County, ME
- Media: Postcard
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Historic buildings--Maine--Winslow
- Photographic postcards
- Forts & fortifications--Maine-Winslow
- Fort Halifax (Winslow, Me.)
- Historic sites--Maine--Winslow
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