Postcards from Appalachia (Ms2015-032)
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Postcards from Appalachia (Ms2015-032)
Description
These postcards are contained in the Appalachian Postcard Collection in Special Collections at Newman Library.
Identifier
AppalachianPostcards
Collection Items
Early Mining Damage
Postmarked Coeburn, VA, MAR 20 1908
Rec Castlewood, VA MAR 20 1908
Dealer's notation "Early Mining damage" handwritten on back.
Rec Castlewood, VA MAR 20 1908
Dealer's notation "Early Mining damage" handwritten on back.
Excelsior Pocahontas Coal Co. Mines No.1 & 2.
Pocahontas Smokeless Coal
Double postcard.
Mine in Excelsior, McDowell County, West Virginia on the Norfolk & Western Railway.
Photo credit on right side: Haines Photo Co., Conneaut, Ohio.
Note: The Haines Photo Company was a Conneaut, Ohio-based American photography…
Mine in Excelsior, McDowell County, West Virginia on the Norfolk & Western Railway.
Photo credit on right side: Haines Photo Co., Conneaut, Ohio.
Note: The Haines Photo Company was a Conneaut, Ohio-based American photography…
Millboro Tunnel, Millboro, Virginia.
B & W. Postcard.
"Photo-Tone"
Eagle Quality. The Eagle Post Card View Co., N.Y.
"Photo-Tone"
Eagle Quality. The Eagle Post Card View Co., N.Y.
West End Craigen Tunnel
R.P.O. postmark (railway post office) indicates that this was mailed at a mobile post office. The route and train number are indicated.
Postmarked "Lynch & Norton R.P.O. TR..6, Feb 24 1910"
Addressed to Mrs. S. B. Schomaker, Blue Grass,…
Postmarked "Lynch & Norton R.P.O. TR..6, Feb 24 1910"
Addressed to Mrs. S. B. Schomaker, Blue Grass,…
The James H. Hagy Wagon Co., Abingdon, Va. Established 1855. Incorporated 1904.
Postmarked July 1910
Message on back:
"Dear Boy,
You must be good & mind what is told you. How are you getting along any way, are you getting home sick. Write us a card
You Papa W.[?]"
Message on back:
"Dear Boy,
You must be good & mind what is told you. How are you getting along any way, are you getting home sick. Write us a card
You Papa W.[?]"
Saint Paul Nation Bank Building. Saint Paul, Va.
Postmarked August 26 4PM 1914
Message on reverse:
"Mother dear, it was so muddy today we could not come home but if Friday is a better one we will walk [word obscured] if not please send for me Sat. evening - Love Olive
Message on reverse:
"Mother dear, it was so muddy today we could not come home but if Friday is a better one we will walk [word obscured] if not please send for me Sat. evening - Love Olive
View of Valley From Highway No. 11, Draper's Mountain, Pulaski, VA.
Caption on reverse:
DRAPER'S MOUNTAIN, VIRGINIA
To the South and West lies Draper's Valley, named for John Draper, who settled here in 1765. He moved hence from Draper's Meadows (Blacksburg) where his wife was captured by the Indians in the…
DRAPER'S MOUNTAIN, VIRGINIA
To the South and West lies Draper's Valley, named for John Draper, who settled here in 1765. He moved hence from Draper's Meadows (Blacksburg) where his wife was captured by the Indians in the…
Radford State Normal. Administration Building. East Radford, Va.
Postcard made by The Albertype Co., Brooklyn, N.Y.
Hotel Patrick Henry, Roanoke, VA
Caption on reverse:
Hotel Patrick Henry
Roanoke, Virginia
400 Rooms with Bath, Ceiling Fan, Circulating Ice Water.
Garage direct entrance to Lobby.
Fay M. Thomas, Manager.
Postcard is a Lumitone Photo Print,
This company published highly…
Hotel Patrick Henry
Roanoke, Virginia
400 Rooms with Bath, Ceiling Fan, Circulating Ice Water.
Garage direct entrance to Lobby.
Fay M. Thomas, Manager.
Postcard is a Lumitone Photo Print,
This company published highly…
!["Little Falls" on Stony Creek, Giles County, Virginia](https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/square_thumbnails/38/ee1f1c01ab70e7e5bcc59dade88c6db6.jpg ""Little Falls" on Stony Creek, Giles County, Virginia")
Portion of South Quadrangle with Dormitories, Hollins College, VA
Caption on reverse: "Hollins College, situated seven miles from the city of Roanoke. Oldest college for women in Virginia, founded by Charles Lewis Cocke. Began with Valley Union Seminary of 1842. An accredited liberal arts college with an endowment…
Collection Tree
- Regional History and the Appalachian South
- Postcards from Appalachia (Ms2015-032)