Charleston National Bank Building, Charleston, WV, 1907

Subjects: Banks Commercial Buildings Postmarks & Cancels Street Scenes
Card type: Lithograph
Date: c. 1907 (Golden Age)

Back of Charleston National Bank Building, Charleston, WV, 1907, c. 1907 lithograph postcard — Back

About this postcard

A seven-story corner commercial block with rows of dark windows and a columned ground floor, seen from the street; a few pedestrians stand on the sidewalk and utility poles line the corner. The sky is tinted pale blue and pink.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Was glad to get your postal How that you are still liv- ing shabby so near. I am glad that I had the time to visit you & your old man. With best wishes from J. S. Shamp & Shumaker

PostmarkedCharleston, WV

Addressed to

Mrs Nolly P. de Kraft Richardson

Aurora, WV

Postcard record

Postmarked	Charleston, WV
Publisher	Kanawha Book Store Inc.
Condition	Fair
Place addressed	Mrs Nolly P. de Kraft Richardson, Aurora, WV
Place depicted	Charleston, WV
Stamp	1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1930, perforated on all sides
Stamp	1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1902, perforated vertical sides only
Notes	Handwritten message in pen covers the sky; firm name 'Shamp & Shumaker' in a hand-drawn box on the building facade; scattered foxing/staining and edge wear; no white border. Undivided back ('THIS SIDE IS FOR THE ADDRESS'), 'Made in Germany' imprint, published by Kanawha Book Store Inc., No. 1107 A. Postmarks: CHARLESTON, W.VA., 1907, and a partial second cancel reading '...ENCE SPRIN... 1907' (Pence Springs, W.Va.).

Cite this card

Charleston National Bank Building, Charleston, WV, 1907, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/charleston-national-bank-building-charleston-wv-1907. Accessed November 2, 2026.