Summary: | Soldier's Home, Boulevard and Grove Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, circa 1907-1914. Caption reads: "Soldier's Home, (Boulevard & Grove Ave.), Richmond, Va. Situated in a beautiful grove, in the western portion of the City, are the comfortable cottages (several of which are shown in this view) in which reside some 275 Confederate Veterans. Here these honored heroes of a hundred battles, 'by time subdued' are spending the evening of life, calmly, and fearlessly awaiting the inevitable summons to spread again their tents on the eternal camping-ground." Postcard number: A-5449, 64. |
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: | Soldiers' homes |
Genre: | Postcards |
ArchivesUM location: | Institute of American Deltiology Postcard Collection
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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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