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Publication Date
No published or copyright date listed on postcard.
Postmark Date
1920
Card Text (transcribed from postcard)
At the close of the Civil War the business section of Richmond, embracing almost the entire portion of the city shown in this view, was in ashes and its inhabitants, then numbering less than 50,000 were impoverished. For many trying years growth and prosperity developed slowly. But with in the last decade, the city's progress, along all lines, has been marvelous; one evidence of which is visibly presented in this view. The splendid buildings here shown from left to right, being as follows: The Travelers Bldg., Post Office Bldg., American Nat'l Bank Bldg., Rueger's Hotel, Mutual Bldg., and First Nat. Bank, while at the extreme left appears the famous Capitol Square. The present population of the city, with its suburbs, is over 188,000 and in per capita wealth it ranks fourth among the cities of the U.S.
Note
Beautiful and Historical Richmond, Va. Series No. 33;
Topical Subject
Historic buildings -- Virginia -- Richmond
Geographic Subject
Richmond (Va.) -- Postcards; Richmond (Va.) -- History -- 20th century; Richmond (Va.) -- Pictorial works
City/Location
Richmond (Va.)
Genre
postcards
Local Genre
postcard
Type
Still Image
Digital Format
image/jpg
Language
eng
Rights Statement URL
Rights
This material is in the public domain in the United States and thus is free of any copyright restriction. Acknowledgement of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is requested.
Collection
Rarely Seen Richmond: Early twentieth century Richmond as seen through vintage postcards
Source
William Shuman Collection of Richmond, Virginia Postcards, Accession Number 2004-09-12, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University.
File Name
postcard_267.jpg