Summary: | Monuments to George Washington Parke Custis and his wife in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, circa 1901-1907. Reverse caption reads: "Monuments to Geo. Washington Parke Custis and Wife. In a retired part of Arlington Cemetery two marble shafts mark the graves of George Washington Parke Custis and his wife Mary L. Custis. When Col. John Parke Custis (son of Mrs. Washington) died at the siege of Yorktown during the Revolutionary War, Gen. Washington adopted as his own the the two children, George Washington Parke Custis and his sister Nelly. G.W.P. Custis lived at Mount Vernon until after the death of Mrs. Washington, when he removed to Arlington. He died in 1897." Postcard number: 2330. |
Provider: | Raphael Tuck and Sons |
Century: | 1901-2000 |
Printing place: | Europe |
German Empire |
Place of origin – Continent: | North America |
Temporal subject: |
1901-1910
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Geographical subject – Continent: | North America |
Geographical subject – Country: | United States |
Geographical subject – Region: | Virginia |
Geographical subject – Settlement: | Arlington |
Topical subjects: | Cemeteries |
Arlington National Cemetery (Arlington, Va.) |
Custis, George Washington Parke, 1781-1857
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Monuments & memorials |
Genre: | Postcards |
ArchivesUM location: | National Trust Library Postcard Collection |
Repository: | National Trust for Historic Preservation Library Collection |
Browse terms: | Architecture, Landscape, Historic Places |
Copyright holder: | Public Domain |
Collection: | National Trust Library Historic Postcard Collection |
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