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Nellie Custis Room, Mount Vernon, Virginia, circa 1915-1930

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Alternate title:Nellie Custis Room, Mount Vernon, VA
Summary:The Nellie Custis Room at Mount Vernon, Virginia, circa 1915-1930. Caption reads: "Miss Custis's Room was the one occupied by Eleanor Parke Custis. It is quaintly furnished with a high bed which is reached by carpeted steps. The folding wasstand and one of the chairs came from the home of Charles Carroll of Carrollton; and one reflects that these might have belonged to Nellie Custis herself, had she favored the suit of the song of Carroll, who came to Mt. Vernon to seek here hand." Postcard number: R-64936.
Provider:B.S. Reynolds Co.
Century:1901-2000
Place of origin – Continent:North America
Place of origin – Country:United States of America
Place of origin – Region:District of Columbia
Place of origin – Settlement:Washington
Temporal subject: 1911-1920
1921-1930
Geographical subject – Continent:North America
Geographical subject – Country:United States of America
Geographical subject – Region:Virginia
Geographical subject – Settlement:Mount Vernon
Topical subjects:Mount Vernon (Va. : Estate)
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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