Postcard

1998.012.1-001 (Front)

1998.012.1-001 (Front)

Name/Title

Postcard

Entry/Object ID

1998.012.01

Scope and Content

Thirty-one postcards of area scenes, color. Three have been used. 3.5 x 5.5 1998.012.1-001: A brightly colored postcard that shows two pictures of the George Washington motor court. The picture on top seen from the other side of the street. The bottom picture the bigger building is in front. The motor court is red brick with a lot of windows. The post card print technique is the letterpress halftone. 1998.012.1-002 (Front) : There is a border around the photo, which is an indicator that it is a letterpress halftone as well as the dot patterns. The subject of the postcard is Wakefield, birthplace of George Washngton and it is a frontal picture of the red brick house, with four chimneys. 1998.012.1-002 (Back): There is a written letter on the back of the postcard. 1998.012.1-003: The postcard has a border as well as a picture of the past James Monroe High School in Fredericksburg. 1998.012.1-004: This photo is a picture of the Kenmore house. There is a woman in front of the house . There are trees in front of the house as well and It looks like a summer day. The print tchnique is offset lithography, which is seen through the dots. 1998.012.1-005: This picture is the same exact picture from 1998.012.1-004. 1998: 012.1-006: This brightly colored postcard shows the monument to General Stonewall Jackson. There is an American flag in the background of the monument. There is a cabin the center right of the postcard. The photo technique is the letterpress halftone. 1998.012.1-007: The photo technique is letterpress halftone as seen in the dot pattern. The postcard has a border and the subject of the postcard is the Fredericksburg National Cemetery. 1998.012.1-008: The same postcard from the 1998.012.1-001. 1998.012.1-009: The photo technique is the offset lithography, as seen through the dot pattern. This postcard subject is the Hugh Mercer Apothecary Shop in Fredericksbug, Virginia. 1998.012.1-010: the postcard has a border on the outside of the photo. The subect of the photo is the back of the Hugh Mercer Apothecary shop, there is a garden and a sundial in the middle of the garden. The photo technique is offset lithography. 1998.012.1-011: This postcard is a duplicate of 1998.012.1-010. 1998.012.1-012: This photo technique is the offset lithography, as seen in the dot pattern. The subject of the postcard is inside of the Hugh Mercer Apothecary Shop. There is a painting of Hugh Mercer on top of the fire place with two chairs in front of the fireplace. 1998.012.1-013: This postcard is duplicated from the 1998.012.1-012. 1998.012.1-014 (Front): The postcard picture is the house that Stonewall Jackson died in May 10, 1863. This postcard technique is the Letterpress Halftone. 1998.012.1-014 (Back): There is an inscription, a green stamp and another stamp. There is an address and a message. 1998.012.1-015: This postcard has a border around the photo. There is a memorial of the Richard Rowland Kirkland. This print technique is the offset lithography, due to the dot pattern. 1998.012.1-016: This postcard is a duplicate of 1998.012.1-015 for the Richard Kirkkland Monument 1998.012.1-017: There is a border around the photo on the postcard. The photo has an offset lithography print technique.The photo's subject is the Stoner's store in Fredericksburg, Virginia. The whole building is in the picture as well. There is an American flag in the front of the house. 1998.012.1-018: This photo is the same building as 1998.012.1-017, but this photo is more zoomed in with no American flags. 1998.012.1-019: This shows the same photo of 1998.012.1-018. 1998.012.1-020: This postcard is the Monroe Hall at Univeristy of Mary Washington. 1998.012.1-021: This postcard shows the front of teh Rising Sun Tavern in Fredericksburg. 1998.012.1-022: This photo shows the Mary Washington house in Fredericksburg. 1998.012.1-023: This photo shows the view of the Mary Washington Gravesite and the meditation rock. 1998.012.1-024: This postcard shows the front of the National Park service visitor center at the Battlefield of Fredericksburg. 1998.012.1-025 (Front): This view of the skyline bridge of Frederdericksburg with cars on the bridge. 1998.012.1-025 (Back): There are Inscriptions on the back of the postcard. 1998.012.1-026: This Postacrd shows a view from Marye's heights at the battle of Fredericksburg. 1998.012.1-027: This Postcard shows the Sunken Road and the stone wall a the battlefield of Fredericksburg. 1998.012.1-028: This postcard shows the picture of the front of the Kenmore house at Fredericksburg. 1998.012.1-029: This postcard shows the Fredericksburg National Cemetery in Fredericksburg. 1998.012.1-030: This postcard is a picture of the Kenmore house in front. 1998.012.1-031: This is a postcard with the National Fredericksburg Cemetery.