Linen-finish postcard captioned "Shot Tower, Fayette and Front Streets, Baltimore, Md.," showing the tall red-brick shot tower above rowhouses with period automobiles on the street. Curt Teich "C.T. Art-Colortone" card, code 4A-H1817 on the front, published by I. & M. Ottenheimer, Baltimore, Md. Standard size, about 3.5 x 5.5 inches. Unposted and unwritten; clean with light corner wear.

The back caption reads in part: "One of the few survivors of the country's shot towers... Early records show that it was built in 1828 for the manufacture of shot and that the cornerstone was laid by Charles Carroll of Carrollton. It is 234 feet high." A "Place One Cent Stamp Here" box is printed at upper right.

The Curt Teich code 4A dates the printing to about 1934.