The card shows the D Street Viaduct at Lynchburg, Virginia: a long concrete arch bridge of several spans, with lamp posts along its parapet and a streetcar visible at the left end of the roadway. Beyond the viaduct, frame houses, sheds and fenced yards of a hillside neighborhood spread across the background under a pale blue sky. Lynchburg, built on bluffs above the James River, was known for its steep streets and for the bridges and viaducts that carried traffic between the city's levels.
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pen
Dear Mother: - Tuesday A.M.
David seems better
this A.M., - if he only could get
better of the bladder trouble, & sleeps
very little at night and in consequence
looks thin and worn; - he saw the Dr.
yesterday who again prescribed for
him, - still taking the tablets and
now soda also. His cough seems
better and now can expectorate
freely. I'm not feeling
this A.M. - with love
Red printed caption at top ("D Street Viaduct, Lynchburg, Va."); dark abrasion/smudge in the sky area; light corner and edge wear; narrow white margin at edges. Postmark: LYNCHBURG VA SEP 8 11-AM (year not legible). Divided-back era card with "THIS SIDE FOR THE ADDRESS" and red "Post Card" heading; green 1¢ Washington stamp; Acmegraph Co., Chicago imprint; light edge/corner wear and slight toning.
Cite this card
D Street Viaduct, Lynchburg, Virginia, circa 1910, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/d-street-viaduct-lynchburg-virginia-circa-1910. Accessed November 2, 2026.
