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Façade Valentine Museum

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 21:29:10 +0100

Title:
Façade Valentine Museum
Richmond (VA), Chrome unused

Description:
The Wickham-Valentine House, built 1812. The Granville Gray Valentine building and The Bransford-Cecil Memorial House, c. 1840.

State Capitol Gold Embossed

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:02:09 +0100

Title:
State Capitol Gold Embossed
Richmond (VA), Divided Back unused

President Roosevelt Whole-Souled Welcome To The South

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 01:52:10 +0100

Title:
President Roosevelt Whole-Souled Welcome To The South
Richmond (VA), Divided Back unused

Description:
President Roosevelt's “Whole-souled” welcome to the south arrival at Richmond, Virginia.

Washington Monument

Tue, 8 Jul 2008 06:52:03 +0100

Title:
Washington Monument
Richmond (VA), Post Card (Undivided Back) unused

Jefferson Davis Monument, Hollywood Cemetary

Tue, 8 Jul 2008 06:52:02 +0100

Title:
Jefferson Davis Monument, Hollywood Cemetary
Richmond (VA), Post Card (Undivided Back) unused

Panorama Of Capitol Square

Tue, 8 Jul 2008 06:52:00 +0100

Title:
Panorama Of Capitol Square
Richmond (VA), Post Card (Undivided Back) PM 1905 Mar-11

State Capitol

Tue, 8 Jul 2008 06:44:02 +0100

Title:
State Capitol
Richmond (VA), Post Card (Undivided Back) PM 1906 Oct-27

Jefferson Hotel Main Lobby

Mon, 7 Jul 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Title:
Jefferson Hotel Main Lobby
Richmond (VA), Linen unused

Description:
The Jefferson Hotel occupies more than an acre of ground space and embodies in its construction the most modern and approved idea. The building is of white brick, stone and marble and in the view of the main lobby or salon here shown the marble effect appears carried out in all details of interior finishing; the massive and ornate being blended with the most admirable results. The gallery above and around the lobby or salon affords a spacious promenade. The hotel contains 430 guest chambers, all well lighted, ventilated and luxuriously furnished and finished.

Jefferson Hotel Lobby

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:57:03 +0100

Title:
Jefferson Hotel Lobby
Richmond (VA), White Border PM 1924 Apr-14

Description:
The Jefferson Hotel occupies more than an acre of ground space and embodies in its construction the most modern and approved ideas. The building is of white brick, stone and marble and in the view of the main lobby or salon here shown the marble effect appears carried out in all details of interior finishing; the massive and ornate being blended with the most admirable results. The gallery above and around the lobby or salon affords a spacious promenade. The hotel contains 430 guest chambers, all well lighted, ventilated, and luxuriously furnished and finished.

Hotel John Marshall

Sun, 18 May 2008 21:50:42 +0100

Title:
Hotel John Marshall
Richmond (VA), Linen unused

Description:
Franklin Street, at Fifth, convenient to the smart shops, department, stores, clubs, theatres, etc. Catering to a discriminating clientele which appreciates its unusual appointments, its cuisine, location and atmosphere of refinement. Fireproof Garage Accommodations.

Virginia House, Windor Farms

Sun, 18 May 2008 21:50:41 +0100

Title:
Virginia House, Windor Farms
Richmond (VA), Linen PM 1936 May-15

Description:
Virginia House, reconstructed in 1927 from materials of ancient Warwick Priory built in England in 1565 and visited by Queen Elizabeth in 1572. The main portion is after the old portion of Warwick Priory. The west wing and main entry door are replicas of Sulgrave Manor, ancestral home of George Washington. The entrance tower is a reproduction from Wormleighton home of Lord Spencer. This is a private residence and not open to the public, but is to become the property of the Virginia Historical Society through the generosity of the owners Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Weddell.

Wickham Valentine House

Sun, 18 May 2008 21:50:41 +0100

Title:
Wickham Valentine House
Richmond (VA), Linen PM 1947 May-02

Description:
The Garden, Wickham Valentine House, The Valentine Museum, Richmond, Va.

Hotel Richmond

Sun, 18 May 2008 21:50:41 +0100

Title:
Hotel Richmond
Richmond (VA), Linen unused

Description:
Overlooking beautiful Capitol Square - Grace at Ninth. The center of Historic Virginia

Hotel Jefferson Lobby

Sun, 18 May 2008 21:50:27 +0100

Title:
Hotel Jefferson Lobby
Richmond (VA), Linen PM 1946 Feb-13

Description:
The Jefferson Hotel is one of Richmond's finest and most beautiful hostelries. It covers over san acre of ground space and is built of white brick. Stone and marble. This view shows the magnificence of the lobby with its spacious promenades and grand staircase. The Hotel has 136 beautifully appointed rooms and every facility for the guests comfort and pleasure

Jefferson Hotel Lobby

Sun, 18 May 2008 21:50:27 +0100

Title:
Jefferson Hotel Lobby
Richmond (VA), Linen PM 1931 Mar-30

Description:
The Jefferson Hotel occupies more than an acre of ground and embodies in its construction the most modern and approved ideas. The building is of white brick, stone and marble and in the view of the main lobby or salon here shown the marble effect appears carried out in all details of interior finishing, the massive and ornate being blended with the most admirable results. The gallery above and around the lobby or salon affords a spacious promenade. The hotel contains 430 guest chambers, all well lighted, ventilated, and luxuriously furnished and finished.

Jefferson Hotel Lobby And Grand Staircase

Tue, 6 May 2008 01:30:30 +0100

Title:
Jefferson Hotel Lobby And Grand Staircase
Richmond (VA), Divided Back PM 1913 Jun-27

Interior Of St. John's Church

Tue, 6 May 2008 01:30:29 +0100

Title:
Interior Of St. John's Church
Richmond (VA), Divided Back unused

Description:
St. John's Church (Episcopal), a pain edifice at the corner of Broad and 24th Streets on Church Hill, was built in 1740, and is the oldest church in Richmond. The pew still remains where Patrick Henry made his famous speech closing with the words "Give me liberty of give me death," when, in 1775, the Virginia Convention met here to decide the action of the colony. Many of the headstones in the churchyard (in which the mother of Edgar Allen Poe was buried) bear dates as remote as 1751.

State Capitol

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:02:16 +0100

Title:
State Capitol
Richmond (VA), White Border PM 1940 Oct-14

Washington Equestrian Statue And State Capitol

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:01:28 +0100

Title:
Washington Equestrian Statue And State Capitol
Richmond (VA), White Border unused

Description:
This glorious assemblage of statesmen and patriots, portrayed in characteristic attitude, form a constellation of illustrious Virginians surrounding Washington, "the Central luminary." The base is designed as a six point star, on the rays of which are placed the statues of Jefferson, Henry, Marshall, Mason, Nelson and Lewis. In the distance is shown the Governor's Mansion, and in the right foreground the State Capitol Building.

Princess Le Motel, U. S. Route #1

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 06:51:33 +0100

Title:
Princess Le Motel, U. S. Route #1
Richmond (VA), Chrome unused

Description:
On U.S. Route #1 - 3 Miles North of Richmond, Virginia 3 Miles Off U.S. Route #301 ½ Mile North of Dover Ave. Exit from Interstate 95 Excellent Restaurant - Swimming Pool "Air Conditioned" - Television 24 Hour Service 62 Rooms - 40 in French provincial Decor. Telephone Richmond 266-2444 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 9487, Richmond, Va.

Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge North

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 06:51:05 +0100

Title:
Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge North
Richmond (VA), Chrome unused

Description:
Located on Interstate 95 at Parham Road. Spacious rooms with color T.V. and with individually controlled heating and cooling. Banquet rooms to 200 persons. Restaurant and cocktail lounge

Headquarters Visitor Center Richmond National Battlefield Park, 3215 East Broad Street

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 06:51:04 +0100

Title:
Headquarters Visitor Center Richmond National Battlefield Park, 3215 East Broad Street
Richmond (VA), Chrome unused

Description:
Headquarters Visitor Center, Richmond National Battlefield Park. The 746-acre Park containing ten Civil War units has its central museum and visitor services here, at 3215 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia 23223.

Ling King Inn, 8809 Jefferson Davis Hwy

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 06:51:04 +0100

Title:
Ling King Inn, 8809 Jefferson Davis Hwy
Richmond (VA), Chrome unused

Description:
Finest Chinese and American Food - Sea Food - Choice Steak - Fried Chicken - Spaghetti - Cutlets & Chops. Private Dining Room - Take Out Orders - Free Parking

Virginia Museum Of Fine Arts

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 06:51:03 +0100

Title:
Virginia Museum Of Fine Arts
Richmond (VA), Chrome unused

Description:
This specially-equipped building is the head-quarters for America's first State Arts Museum, which originates a unique program of static and performing arts events for presentation in Richmond and throughout the Commonwealth.

Virginia Museum Of Fine Arts

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 06:51:03 +0100

Title:
Virginia Museum Of Fine Arts
Richmond (VA), Chrome PM 1963 May-31

Description:
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Va. This Museum is the largest in the South and its collections are valued at more than $5,000,000.

Maymont

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 06:51:03 +0100

Title:
Maymont
Richmond (VA), Chrome unused

Description:
At center of Maymont, former 105 acre estate of Major and Mrs. James H. Dooley, stands their mansion, designed in the Richardsonian-Romanesque style, completed circa 1890. Bequeathed to City of Richmond in 1925, Mansion is decorated with turn of the century opulence and contains decorative arts collection.

St. Paul's Episcopal Church

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 06:51:02 +0100

Title:
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Richmond (VA), Chrome unused

Description:
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Richmond, Va. Built in 1843, where General Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis, President of Confederate States, often worshipped. President Davis was attending services here when notified that Petersburg had fallen and Richmond must be evacuated.

Medical College Of Va

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 06:51:01 +0100

Title:
Medical College Of Va
Richmond (VA), Chrome unused

Description:
Looking up Broad St. in Richmond, Va. at Medical College of Va. with Cabaniss Hall in the foreground.

Jefferson Hotel

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 06:51:01 +0100

Title:
Jefferson Hotel
Richmond (VA), Chrome unused

Description:
This magnificent Hotel is not surpassed in point of architectural beauty and completeness of equipment by any other Hotel in the country. It is ideally situated in the most desirable section of Richmond with ample free parking lots. It is located just two blocks off of Highways 1,60,250,301 and 360. Children under 14 free. The Country Club of Keswick, with an 18-hole golf course, at Charlottesville, Va. and the Lauderdale Cavalier at Fort Lauderdale, Fla. are under the same ownership and Management as the Jefferson Hotel in Richmond, Va.

White House Motor Lodge, U. S. Routes 1 & 301

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 06:50:58 +0100

Title:
White House Motor Lodge, U. S. Routes 1 & 301
Richmond (VA), Chrome unused

Description:
4½ miles South of Richmond, Va. City limits on U. S. Routes 1 & 301. "Hospitality Lane" Luxurious accommodations in 54 spacious Rooms - Room Phones - Tub and Shower combinations Air-conditioning - Television

Miller & Rhoads

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 06:50:58 +0100

Title:
Miller & Rhoads
Richmond (VA), Chrome unused

Description:
One of the South's great department stores, distinctively Virginian in atmosphere and service.

Union Station

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 06:50:57 +0100

Title:
Union Station
Richmond (VA), Chrome unused

Description:
The Union Station also known as the Broad Street Station was opened Jan. 6, 1919. This terminal serves the Atlantic Coast Line, Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac, and Seaboard Railways.

Motel Cavalier Manor, U. S. Highway #1

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 06:50:55 +0100

Title:
Motel Cavalier Manor, U. S. Highway #1
Richmond (VA), Chrome PM 1966 Nov-10

Description:
Luxuriously furnished rooms, complete with individual. Televisions and Telephones - Wall-to-Wall Carpets - Private Ceramic Tile Baths. Swimming Pool. Diners' Club, Carte Blanche, American Express. "Completely Air-Conditioned"

Children's Farm

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 06:50:55 +0100

Title:
Children's Farm
Richmond (VA), Chrome unused

Description:
Maymont-Virginia Wildlife Exhibit area features such domestic animas as sheep, cows, ponies, chickens, turkeys, pea-fowl, and donkeys. Located nearby is a walk-through Aviary and a Seal habitat.

Bowie's Motor Court, U. S. Route 301

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 06:50:54 +0100

Title:
Bowie's Motor Court, U. S. Route 301
Richmond (VA), Chrome PM 1957 May-22

Description:
Located on U. S. Route 301-20 Miles North of Richmond, 13 Miles South of Bowling Green, Va. Modern Court, One of the Finest in Virginia. Completely Air Conditioned. TV in Rooms. Restaurant Adjoining. Phone: Dawn 3371 (through Richmond). P.O. Address; Lorne, Virginia.

Virginia Museum Of Fine Arts

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 06:50:53 +0100

Title:
Virginia Museum Of Fine Arts
Richmond (VA), Chrome unused

Description:
Japanese "Kwannon" from the Fujiwara Period, 898-1185 A. D. The Williams Fund, 1967.

Virginia Museum Of Fine Arts

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 06:50:52 +0100

Title:
Virginia Museum Of Fine Arts
Richmond (VA), Chrome unused

Description:
Silver teapot, 1785 by Joseph and Nathaniel Richardson, American, XVIII Century. The Williams Fund.

Stonewall Jackson Monument, Capitol Square

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 09:17:48 +0100

Title:
Stonewall Jackson Monument, Capitol Square
Richmond (VA), Divided Back PM 1907 Dec-23

Marshall High School

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 09:14:37 +0100

Title:
Marshall High School
Richmond (VA), Divided Back unused

Lake Side Park

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 09:14:37 +0100

Title:
Lake Side Park
Richmond (VA), Divided Back PM Nov-28

Description:
This beautiful park, with the diversified natural scenery and modern improvements, is pleasure resort. It contains a large lake, stocked with fish, and water fowl, overlooking which is the Casino, for dancing parties steam heated and finished in the Colonial style. The part is located about seven miles North of the City, and may be reached either by way of an excellent highway, or by the electric car line.

Jefferson Davis Mansion

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 09:14:37 +0100

Title:
Jefferson Davis Mansion
Richmond (VA), Divided Back unused

Greetings From Richmond

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 09:14:37 +0100

Title:
Greetings From Richmond
Richmond (VA), Divided Back PM 1908 Aug-19

Confederate Museum

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 09:14:36 +0100

Title:
Confederate Museum
Richmond (VA), Divided Back unused

Description:
Formerly Jefferson Davis Residence

St. Paul's Church And Hotel Richmond

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 09:14:36 +0100

Title:
St. Paul's Church And Hotel Richmond
Richmond (VA), Divided Back unused

Description:
St. Paul's Church (Episcopal), situated at the corner of Grace and Ninth Streets, is one of the most impressive of church edifices; in it Jefferson Davis was seated when he received the fatal news that Lee was about 10 evacuate Petersburg. Hotel Richmond is one of the oldest hostelries in the city; five stories high, it spacious, convenient and popular with travelers and permanent guests.

New Capitol

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 09:14:36 +0100

Title:
New Capitol
Richmond (VA), Divided Back unused

State Library

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 09:14:36 +0100

Title:
State Library
Richmond (VA), Divided Back unused

Washington Old Headquarters

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 07:50:23 +0100

Title:
Washington Old Headquarters
Richmond (VA), Post Card (Undivided Back) PM 1905 Mar-11

Monumental Church

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 03:32:37 +0100

Title:
Monumental Church
Richmond (VA), Post Card (Undivided Back) PM 1908 Oct-15

St. Paul's Church

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 03:32:36 +0100

Title:
St. Paul's Church
Richmond (VA), Post Card (Undivided Back) unused

St. Paul's Church

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 03:32:33 +0100

Title:
St. Paul's Church
Richmond (VA), Post Card (Undivided Back) PM 1905 May-10