Alternate title: | Gamble's Hill Park, South Third Street, Richmond, Va. |
Summary: | Gamble's Hill Park, Richmond, Virginia, circa 1907-1914. Caption reads: "Situated at the Southern extremity of 3rd and 4th Streets, Gamble's Hill Park, tho' limited in area commands a magnificent panoramic view of the falls of the James River and the surrounding country-side. Winding about the foot of the hill is the old James Rive and Kanawha Canal, the tow path of which being now occupied by a division of the C. & O. Ry. The stone cross appearing in this view was erected to commemorate the first visit of white men to the present site of Richmond in 1607, when Capt. John Smith and party ascended the river as far as the falls." Postcard number: 27, 50215. |
Provider: | Southern Bargain House |
Century: | 1901-2000 |
Place of origin – Continent: | North America |
Place of origin – Country: | United States of America |
Place of origin – Region: | Virginia |
Place of origin – Settlement: | Richmond |
Temporal subject: |
1901-1910
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1911-1920
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Geographical subject – Continent: | North America |
Geographical subject – Country: | United States of America |
Geographical subject – Region: | Virginia |
Geographical subject – Settlement: | Richmond |
Topical subjects: | Parks |
Crosses |
Monuments & memorials |
Smith, John, 1580-1631
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Genre: | Postcards |
ArchivesUM location: | Institute of American Deltiology 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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