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Publisher

Schmits Drug Store; Curt Teich & Co.

Publishing Note

Published by Schmits Drug Store C.T. American Art Colored CT Co Chicago

Date Published

1929

Postmark Date

1931

Postcard Text

Shenandoah County Court House, Woodstock, Virginia. Oldest court house in the United States west of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Built in 1791 when Shenandoah was Dunmore County. Nearby stood the church in which Gen'l. Peter Muhlenburg [sic]preached his immortal and martial sermon in 1777. Court Square was mustering place for soldiers in six wars. First clerk of the court was Thomas Marshall, father of the first Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Records in the Clerks Office of this building begin in 1772. Population of the county 24,000.

Postcard Number

719-29

Note

Name of General Peter Muhlenberg misspelled in postcard text.

Name of Building

Shenandoah County Courthouse (Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Va.)

Topical Subject

Courthouses -- Virginia -- Shenandoah County; Courthouses -- Virginia -- Woodstock (Shenandoah County)

Geographic Subject

Shenandoah County (Va.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.; Woodstock (Shenandoah County, Va.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.

City/Location

Shenandoah County (Va.); Woodstock (Shenandoah County, Va.)

Original Item Size

9 x 14 cm.

Genre

picture postcards

Local Genre

postcard

Type

Still Image; Text

Digital Format

image/jpg

Language

eng

Rights

This item is in the public domain. Acknowledgement of the Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is requested.

Collection

James F. Stubbins County and Municipal Building Postcard Collection

Source

Original postcard: Shenandoah County Court House, Woodstock, Virginia, James F. Stubbins U.S. Postcard Collection, M 384, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University.

File Name

stu_va_063b.jpg

Reverse Side

https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/stu/3827

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