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Postmark Date

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Card Text (transcribed from postcard)

The Jefferson Hotel erected at a cost of nearly $2,000,000. Was opened to the public in 1895. It is not surpassed in beauty or completeness by any other hotel in the country and its guests are accorded all that is embodied in a traditional Southern welcome.

Note

100 block of West Franklin Street;

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

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_098.jpg

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