Postcard

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Fredericksburg Area Museum

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Name/Title

Postcard

Entry/Object ID

1991.059.01

Scope and Content

Three color postcards of area scenes. 3.50 x 5 (A) Auction Block (B) Aerial view of Fredericksburg (used) (C) Trinkle Library

Context

(A) "Crutchfield" Front - This postcard is a landscape-style, halftone color print. The image is of the corner of Charles and William Streets, facing southwest up William Street. Cars line William Street with the Auction Block on the corner of the street. Albert Crutchfield stands in front of the building on the corner. Text in the white border on the bottom edge reads, "Old Slave Block Used for Sale and Hire of Slaves at Fredericksburg, Va. 6B-H552." (A) Back - (Text, left vertical) R.A. KISHPAUGH, FREDERICKSBURG, VA. - (Text, left horizontal) OLD SLAVE BLOCK In the days before the Civil War, it was used for the sale and annual hire of slaves. Albert Crutchfield, shown in picture was sold from the block about 1859, at which time he was a boy about 15 years old. - (Text, center, vertical) GENUINE CURTEICH-CHICAGO "C.T. ART-COLORTONE" POST CARD (REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.) (B) "Fredericksburg Aerial" Front - This postcard is a landscape-style, halftone color print. This aerial photo of Fredericksburg centers on St. George's Steeple with the river and undeveloped Falmouth in the background. Text in the white border on the bottom edge reads, "Fredericksburg, Virginia, from an Airplane. 58772-C-N." (B) Back - (text, printed) FREDERICKSBURG was founded in 1671. It was the boyhood home of George Washington. Here were fought the greatest battles of the Civil War. It is rich in history, and visitors from all over the world visit its many places of note. - (text, handwritten, left) Dear Irma, Here we are one again just enjoying the sunny south with all its mosquitoes etc. Just surrounded by woods miles from nowhere. Boy, what I wouldn't give for a Bannana Split or something now. See you all again soon Ken - (text, center, in circular stamp) FREDERICKSBURG VA. JUL 22 1941 11 30 AM - (text, handwritten, right) Miss Irma Hamilton Florence New Jersey (C) "Trinkle Library" Front - This postcard is a landscape-style, halftone color print. Image of Trinkle Library, now James Farmer Hall, on the Mary Washington campus, facing northeast. The building's large dome is its main feature. Text in the white border on the bottom edge reads, "E. Lee Trinkle Library, Mary Washington College, Fredericksburg, Va. 2B-H1008." (C) Back -(Text, left vertical) R.A. KISHPAUGH, FREDERICKSBURG, VA. - (text, left, horizontal) E. Lee Trinkle Library, Mary Washington College, the Virginia State College for Women at Fredericksburg, Va. Named in honor of the late E. Lee Trinkle, former Governor of the Virginia. - (text, handwritten) 75 MZ - (Text, center, vertical) GENUINE CURTEICH-CHICAGO "C.T. ART-COLORTONE" POST CARD (REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.)