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Description
Fort McClary was built to protect approaches to the Piscataqua River at Kittery and was named for New Hampshire native Major Andrew McClary who died at the Revolutionary War's Battle of Bunker Hill. Fort McClary was staffed during the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Civil War, Spanish-American War, and World War I. Like most other Maine forts, it saw little conflict.
The caption reads, "Ruins of Old Fort McClary, built in 1630, Kittery Point, Maine." The Tichnor Brothers printing company published this type of postcard circa 1938.
About This Item
- Title: Ruins of Old Fort McClary, Kittery Point, ca. 1938
- Creator: Tichnor Bros., Inc.
- Creation Date: circa 1938
- Subject Date: circa 1938
- Location: Kittery Point, York County, ME
- Media: Linen texture postcard
- Dimensions: 9 cm x 14 cm
- Collection: The Tichnor Brothers Collection
- Object Type: Text and Image
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