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USA - Connecticut - New Haven's Lighthouse

New Haven's Lighthouse. I bought this postcard in New Haven and cancelled it at Yale Station Post Office on May 28, 2019. Interesting that New Haven is spelled "New Heaven".

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USA - Connecticut - Yale and New Haven

Town and Gown. New Haven is a campus town with Yale in the downtown area. I bought and postmarked in May 2019.

USA - Connecticut - Aerial view of New Haven

Postcard 1 Aerial view of New Haven, CT. I bought and postmarked at Yale Station PO in May 2019.

Postcard 2< br/> I always enjoyed walking in New Haven Green - a nice open space in the summer or winter. I bought this postcard and postmarked in May 2019.

USA - Connecticut - Greetings from CT

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Multi-view of Connecticut with sights from New Haven to Mystic, and up to Haddam on the Connecticut River. I bought this postcard and postmarked it at Yale Station Post Office in New Haven - Yale Station New Heaven CT 06520 May 2019 during my visit to New Haven.

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Greetings from Connecticut - the Constitution State. I enjoyed the colorful fall of autumn leaves in Connecticut and bought this postcard in Connecticut.

USA - Connecticut - Harkness Tower

I still hear the bell ringing of Harkness Tower, hahaha. A landmark of Yale College. Bought these postcards in May 2019.

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Harkness Tower from Old Campus, Yale. Bought this postcard and mailed to my New Jersey address in May 2019.

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Harkness Tower lighted at night. Bought this postcard in May 2019.

USA - Connecticut - Branford College, Yale University

One of the favorite residential colleges that I often went to dine with a nice courtyard with towering Harkness Tower. Bought this postcard in May 2019.

USA - Connecticut - Yale Law School

Yale Law School. I used to pull a few all-nighters especially on my Physics lab reports at the 24 hours as well as dine at Yale Law School Library. Revisited in 2019 and bought this postcard.

USA - Connecticut - Connecticut Hall, Old Campus, Yale

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Connecticut Hall in Old Campus, Yale University. I bought this postcard in May 2019.

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Walking tour in Old Campus, Yale. I bought this postcard in May 2019.

USA - Connecticut - Yale Bull Dog Mascot

Handsome Dan XVIII is Yale Bull Dog mascot which makes his appearance during Yale Football games. I bought this postcard in May 2019.

USA - Connecticut - Sterling Library, Yale University

Sterling Library with Graduate School Tower in the background. My second homecoming visit to Yale University, New Haven in May 2019. It was a drizzling day and went into the Sterling Library at Cross Campus in May 2019 and mailed this postcard from Yale Station Post Office - interesting that cancellation reads "New Heaven" instead of "New Haven".

USA - Connecticut - Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale

I have visited the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library and amazed by the glowing yellow light as a result of sunlight entering through the marble walls. Should have borrowed a book to read there then. Thanks to Yalie Lisa for mailing this wonderful Yale University postcard all the way from Switzerland.

USA - Connecticut - Yale University Art Gallery

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The Night Café (original French title: Le Café de nuit) is an oil painting created in Arles in September 1888, by Vincent van Gogh. I saw this masterpiece painting at Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Thanks to Sarah of Germany.

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Agrippa Landing at Brundisium with the Ashes of Germanicus, oi on canvas, by Benjamin West (17380-1820), Yale University Art Gallery. I bought this postcard from the Gallery. I bought this postcard and mailed out in 1982.

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"Madonna and Child with Saints", egg tempera on panel by Pinturicchio (1454-1513). I bought this postcard at Yale University Art Gallery. The top right corner of the postcard is ripped off for stamp by a irresponsible relative, LOL.

USA - Connecticut - Yale Center for British Art

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I often visited Yale Center for British Art - a beautiful modern designed art gallery and bought this postcard of "Mrs Abington as Miss Prue in Congreve's Love for Love", oil on canvas by Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792) back in 1981. I brought this postcard to Yale Station, New Haven to have it postmarked in May 2019.

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The Artist's Family, oil on canvas by Benamin West (1738-1820). Yale Center for Brist Art, Paul Mellon Collection.

USA - Connecticut - Peabody Museum of Natural History

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Revisited Yale Peabody Museum in May 2019 and bought this extra large postcard of the this famous mural of Yale Peabody Museum, New Haven.

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Postcard showing Permian Period - 280-225 million years ago where reptiles became the dominant land animals. I bought this postcard of Yale Peabody Museum and mailed it to myself in June 2019.