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View of Capitol Square and Surrounding Buildings,…

Rarely Seen Richmond

Card Text \(transcribed from postcard\): Situated in a beautifully shaded park is the classically designed Va. State Capitol Building, containing man…

Broad Street, Richmond, Va.

Rarely Seen Richmond

Note: This postcard has an undivided back -- Postcards without a dividing line on the back of the card were published in the U.S. between 1901 and 19…

City Auditorium, Richmond, Va.

Rarely Seen Richmond

Note: Located on the 900 block of West Cary Street, this building serves as a gymnasium for Virginia Commonwealth University; City/Location: Richmon…

Main Street west of Post Office, Richmond, Va.

Rarely Seen Richmond

Postmarked: 1909 City/Location: Richmond (Va.)

Murphy's Hotel

Rarely Seen Richmond

Note: This postcard has an undivided back -- Postcards without a dividing line on the back of the card were published in the U.S. between 1901 and 19…

Cary Street, Richmond, Va.

Rarely Seen Richmond

Postmarked: 1911 City/Location: Richmond (Va.)

Franklin Street, W. from Monroe, Richmond, Va.

Rarely Seen Richmond

Note: 800 block of West Franklin Street; Postmarked: 1910 City/Location: Richmond (Va.)

Old Bell House, Capitol Square, Richmond, Va.

Rarely Seen Richmond

Card Text \(transcribed from postcard\): This venerable though unsightly structure was erected in 1824; its belfry (now untenanted) being used to sum…

General R.E. Lee Monument and V.M.I. Cadets, Rich…

Rarely Seen Richmond

Card Text \(transcribed from postcard\): The Cadets of the Virginia Military Institute (the West Point of the South) are the pride of the whole state…

Broad Street looking East from 6th Street, Richmo…

Rarely Seen Richmond

Card Text \(transcribed from postcard\): Broad Street, a shopping center near Monumental Church, Broad Street, which was erected on the site of a lar…

Berry Building, Richmond, Va.

Rarely Seen Richmond

Card Text \(transcribed from postcard\): The Berry Building (Home of O. H. Berry & Co. Richmond, Va.). This splendid building for many years past own…

Franklin Street [no title]

Rarely Seen Richmond

Card Text \(transcribed from postcard\): Franklin Street, the general parade street of Richmond, Virginia. [drawing] By Nora Houston. Note: Publishe…

Confederate Soldiers' Home [no title]

Rarely Seen Richmond

Card Text \(transcribed from postcard\): Old Soldiers at Rest and at Play, Confederate Soldiers Home, Richmond, Virginia [drawing] By Emily Glentwort…

Westhampton College [no title]

Rarely Seen Richmond

Card Text \(transcribed from postcard\): On the very Western Boundary of the City stands the new Richmond College at Westhampton. [drawing] by Luzell…

Richmond Skyscrapers near Main Street [no title]

Rarely Seen Richmond

Card Text \(transcribed from postcard\): In ten years Richmond, Virginia, has grown 20 stories high. [drawing] by Sallie Tazewell Fitzgerald. Note: …

Mayo's Bridge [no title]

Rarely Seen Richmond

Card Text \(transcribed from postcard\): Spanning the James River is the new Mayo's Bridge, and beyond that, Richmond, Virginia. [drawing] by Emily G…

I'm Cultivating Music In Richmond, Va.

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Postmarked: 1912 City/Location: Richmond (Va.)

Church of the Holy Trinity, Opposite Monroe Park,…

Rarely Seen Richmond

Note: This postcard has an undivided back -- Postcards without a dividing line on the back of the card were published in the U.S. between 1901 and 19…

Grace Avenue [sic], new residential section, Rich…

Rarely Seen Richmond

Note: Grace Street; Postmarked: 1910 City/Location: Richmond (Va.)

Emancipation Day, Richmond, Virginia

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1905

Note: This image was made from a negative of the original black and white image used to make a color postcard. The actual postcard image is not in th…

University of Virginia, Richmond, Va. [University…

Rarely Seen Richmond

Card Text \(transcribed from postcard\): University of Richmond -- Founded in 1832, for the first eighty years of its history the University of Richm…

ACCA Temple Mosque, A. A. O. N. M. S., Richmond, …

Rarely Seen Richmond

Card Text \(transcribed from postcard\): This temple is located at the corner of Main and Laurel Streets and is devoted exclusively to use by shriner…

Old Stone House, The Edgar Allen Poe Shrine, Rich…

Rarely Seen Richmond

Card Text \(transcribed from postcard\): This venerable building with its weather-worn walls of stone boulders, is reputed to be the oldest in the ci…

Governor's Mansion, Richmond, Va.

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Card Text \(transcribed from postcard\): Completed in 1813 (replacing an old wooden structure of two stories), this has been the official residence o…