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Buckingham Shopping Centre, Arlington, VA, 1945

Subjects
AutomobilesCommercial BuildingsPost OfficesStores & Shops
Card type
Linen
Date
c. 1945 (Linen)
Front of Buckingham Shopping Centre, Arlington, VA, 1945, c. 1945 linen postcard
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Back of Buckingham Shopping Centre, Arlington, VA, 1945, c. 1945 linen postcard
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About this postcard

A row of storefronts with green awnings and a tall red-brick chimney fills the view at Buckingham's shopping centre, with several cars parked in front. The complex combined a shopping centre, post office, and theatre for a planned Arlington County community of about 2,000 families. Buckingham was developed as a garden-apartment neighborhood, and its center gave residents a local place to shop, mail letters, and see a movie. The community was laid out with grassy terraces, trees, and flowers, and promoted as about 12 minutes from the White House.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Being back East & if you call me Dear Myrtle & Vernon I have been wondering about you all & I am try to call you all are you still living in P.C. & work at O. Bakery and like it fine. You are coming over some Sunday I expect I will [illegible] the first week end in June Write or call me at the Bakery

PublisherCurteich
PHOTO BY UNIVERSAL PRESS. Shopping Centre, Post Office, Theatre, "Buckingham," Arlington, Va. --- BUCKINGHAM — A large-scale housing development where 2000 families live in the "American Way of Life." This community is artistically planned and tastefully laid out 'midst grassy terraces, trees and flowers. Only about 12 minutes from the White House. POST CARD GENUINE CURTEICH-CHICAGO "C.T. ART-COLORTONE" POST CARD (REG. OFF.)
PostmarkedArlington, VA, June 22, 1945, 11:00
Stamp
Addressed to
Mr & Mrs Vernon Buffenburger

1719 24th Place, S.E. Washington, DC

From2607 N Pershing Drive, Arlington, VA

Postcard record

Postmarked, Arlington, VA
PublisherCurteich
ConditionFair
Place addressedMr & Mrs Vernon Buffenburger, 1719 24th Place, S.E., Washington, DC
Place depictedArlington, VA
Place mentionedThe White House, Washington, DC, Washington, DC
PublisherCurteich, Chicago, IL
Place sent from2607 N Pershing Drive, Arlington, VA
Stamp1c George Washington, green, issued 1938, perforated on all sides
Stamp1c George Washington, green, perforated on all sides
NotesLinen texture; handwritten return address on front: "My address is 2607 N Pershing Drive Arlington, Va."; rounded corners and edge wear. Postmark: ARLINGTON VA JUN 22 1945 11 AM. Divided-back linen Curteich "C.T. Art-Colortone" card with 1¢ George Washington stamp; light edge wear and a small crease along the top edge.

Cite this card

Buckingham Shopping Centre, Arlington, VA, 1945, postcard, c. 1945. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/buckingham-shopping-centre-arlington-va-1945. Accessed November 2, 2026.