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1990.004.01Scope and Content
Eight (8) postcards of Fredericksburg area scenes. 3.50 x 5.5
A. Rising Sun Tavern, Fredericksburg, VA.
B. Monument to Mary, The Mother of George Washington, Fredericksburg, VA.
C. Mary Washington Hospital, Fredericksburg, VA
D. Chancellorsville Tavern, (Burned 1863) Ten Miles From Fredericksburg, VA
E. "Monroe Hall", State Teachers College, Fredericksburg, VA
F. The Sentry Box, Fredericksburg, VA
G. The Home of Mary, the Mother of Washington, Fredericksburg, VA
H. Kenmore (Built 1752), Fredericksburg, VAContext
A) Rising Sun Tavern (Front)
- This postcard is a landscape-style, color halftone print with a white border of the Rising Sun Tavern, facing West. The building has yellow siding, a projecting portico over the front door, and three gabled dormers on the roof. Flowers line the stone foundation. Text in the white border on the bottom edge reads, "RISING SUN TAVERN, FREDERICKSBURG, VA. 33502-C."
A) Rising Sun Tavern (Back)
- (text, left) PUBLISHED BY R.A. KISHPAUGH, FREDERICKSBURG, VA.
- (text) RISING SUN TAVERN. General George Weedon, years before the Revolutionary War, kept hotel in this house and it was the stopping place of Washington, Lafayette and other Colonial Dignitaries.
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B) Monument to Mary (Front)
- This postcard is a landscape-style, color halftone print with a white border of the Mary Washington Monument, facing Northwest. Text in the white border on the bottom edge reads, "MONUMENT TO MARY, THE MOTHER OF GEORGE WASHINGTON, FREDERICKSBURG, VA. 33504-C."
B) Monument to Mary (Back)
- (text, left) PUBLISHED BY R.A. KISHPAUGH, FREDERICKSBURG, VA.
- (text) The mother of George Washington spent the last years of her life in Fredericksburg (1775-1789). In 1894 the Women of America erected this monument to her memory.
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C) Mary Washington Hospital (Front)
- This postcard is a landscape-style, color halftone print with a white border of the corner of Mary Washington Hospital's older building in downtown Fredericksburg. Trees line the left side of the building, and a black Model-T is parked in front of the door of the hospital. Text in the white border on the top edge reads, "Mary Washington Hospital, Fredericksburg, VA." Text in the white border on the bottom right edge reads, "4965-29."
C) Mary Washington Hospital (Back)
- (text) PUBLISHED BY LOUIS KAUFMANN & SONS, BALTIMORE, MD.
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D) Chancellorsville Tavern (Front)
- This postcard is a landscape-style, color halftone print with a white border of a large brick building on a thick white foundation. The building has seven visible chimneys. A white fence encompasses the entire building. Text in the white border on the bottom edge reads, "CHANCELLORSVILLE TAVERN, (BURNED 1863) TEN MILES FROM FREDERICKSBURG, VA. 767-30."
D) Chancellorsville Tavern (Back)
- (text, left) COPYRIGHTED BY R.A. KISHPAUGH, FREDERICKSBURG, VA.
- (text) THE CHANCELLORSVILLE TAVERN was a 17 room house, burned during the Civil War. It was the center of the battles of the Wilderness and Salem Church, and used as headquarters by "Fighting" Joe Hooker.
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E. Monroe Hall, State Teachers College (Front)
- This postcard is a landscape-style, color halftone print with a white border of Monroe Hall of the State Teachers College (now University of Mary Washington), facing North, Northeast. Text in the white border on the bottom right edge reads, " 'MONROE HALL', STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE, FREDERICKSBURG, VA. 3500-29."
E. Monroe Hall, State Teachers College (Back)
- (text, left) PUBLISHED BY R.A. KISHPAUGH, FREDERICKSBURG, VA.
- (text) MONROE HALL, STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE, FREDERICKSBURG, VA.
Named after James Monroe, who for many years was a citizen of Fredericksburg. Situated on historic Marye's Heights, commanding a beautiful view of the city and the Rappahannock Valley.
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F. The Sentry Box (Front)
- This postcard is a landscape-style, color halftone print with a white border of a white building with a portico over the front door. The perspective is of someone in the street looking at the front facade of the building straight on. Trees line the white sidewalk toward the front door. Text in the white border on the bottom right edge reads, "THE SENTRY BOX, FREDERICKSBURG, VA. 58779-C."
F. The Sentry Box (Back)
- (text, left) PUBLISHED BY R.A. KISHPAUGH, FREDERICKSBURG, VA.
- (text) THE SENTRY BOX, used in the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812 and the Civil War, as an outpost from which to watch for the approach of enemy ships on the Rappahannock.
Between the houses can be seen the Washington Farm, where George Washington was raised to manhood.
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G. Mary Washington House (Front)
- This postcard is a landscape-style, color halftone print with a white border of the Mary Washington House from the perspective of the corner of Charles Street and Lewis Street, facing West. There is a small, white fire hydrant on the bottom right side of the postcard. There is a thin white border around the color photograph. Text in the white border on the bottom right edge reads, "THE HOME OF MARY, THE MOTHER OF WASHINGTON, FREDERICKSBURG, VA. 2118-30."
G. Mary Washington House (Back)
- (text, left) PUBLISHED BY R.A. KISHPAUGH, FREDERICKSBURG, VA.
- (Text) THE HOME OF MARY, THE MOTHER OF GEORGE WASHINGTON, Fredericksburg, Va. This plain old-fashioned one-and-a-half story dwelling was the home of the mother of our firsts President from 1775 to her death in 1789.
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H. Kenmore (Front)
- This postcard is a landscape-style, color halftone print with a white border of Kenmore, through the perspective of two trees on the left and right peripheral of the postcard. The shadows of the building fall to the left, indicating midday. The perspective of the postcard faces North East. Text in the white border on the bottom right edge reads, "KENMORE (BUILT 1752), FREDERICKSBURG, VA. 60575-C."
H. Kenmore (Back)
- (text, left) PUBLISHED BY R.A. KISHPAUGH, FREDERICKSBURG, VA.
- (text) KENMORE (Built 1752), Fredericksburg, Va. A beautiful specimen of colonial architecture with its walls two feet thick, and its rooms with ornamented ceilings and mantels designed by George Washington, who sent two Hessian prisoners to carry out his artistic conception. Home of Col. Fielding Lewis and his wife Betty, only sister of George Washington.
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5-1/2 in
