Summary: | The Custis-Lee Mansion in Arlington, Virginia, circa 1907-1914. Caption reads: "The Custis-Lee Mansion at Arlington, Va. was the home of George Washington Parke Custis, adopted son of Washington. It was afterward the home of Colonel Robert E. Lee, whose wife was Mary Custis. During the Civil War the Arlington estate became a military cemetery. The mansion is preserved as it was in the days of Custis and Lee." Postcard number: 3024. |
Provider: | Foster & Reynolds |
Century: | 1901-2000 |
Place of origin – Continent: | North America |
Place of origin – Country: | United States |
Place of origin – Region: | New York |
Place of origin – Settlement: | New York |
Temporal subject: |
1901-1910
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1911-1920
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Geographical subject – Continent: | North America |
Geographical subject – Country: | United States |
Geographical subject – Region: | Virginia |
Geographical subject – Settlement: | Arlington |
Topical subjects: | Mansions |
Custis, George Washington Parke, 1781-1857
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Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870
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Genre: | Postcards |
ArchivesUM location: | National Trust Library Postcard Collection |
Repository: | National Trust for Historic Preservation Library Collection |
Browse terms: | Architecture, Landscape, Historic Places |
Collection: | National Trust Library Historic Postcard Collection |
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