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Libby Prison

Original Price: $14.95
Sale Price: $9.95
  

Stock #: 511871
Type: Postcard
Era: White Border
City: Richmond
State: Virginia (VA)
County: Richmond (city)
Publisher: Southern Bargain House
Postmark: 1918 Aug-23
PM City: Richmond
PM State: VA
Stamp: 2c
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)
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BEAUTIFUL AND HISTORICAL RICHMOND, VA. SERIES. No. 12. LIBBY PRISON, RICHMOND, VA. In this famous building, which formerly stood on the corner of 20th & Cary Sts., thousands of Federal Officers were imprisoned during the war. On one occasion, 19 successfully effected their escape by tunnelling under its walls. Was dismantled in 1893, re-erected in Chicago for exhibition purposes during the World's Fair and is now there.

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