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Entrance, Main Administration Block, Napsbury

Subjects
Historic TowersHospitals & Sanatoria
Card type
Real photo
Date
c. 1915 (White Border)
Front of Entrance, Main Administration Block, Napsbury, Bedford, VA, USA, c. 1915 real photo postcard
Front
Back of Entrance, Main Administration Block, Napsbury, Bedford, VA, USA, c. 1915 real photo postcard
Back

About this subject

A large brick institutional building with a central clock tower and arched entrance, flanked by mature trees and a lawn. The caption identifies it as the entrance to the main administration block at Napsbury.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

With Love from. Hedley - Oct. 19. 1918. Napsbury War Hospital St. Albans England.

Entrance, Main Administration Block, Napsbury 47 --- POST CARD This Space for communication The address to be written here
Addressed to
Davis Bibb

Bedford City, Virginia, USA

Postcard record

Series47
ConditionGood
Place addressedBedford, VA
Place sent fromWoburn
NotesWhite border; black-and-white photograph; light staining on lower border; printed caption. No postmark or stamp present. Divided-back real-photo postcard with white border; handwritten message dated Oct. 19, 1918. Dealer pencil marks "404" and "2-" at top. Toning and foxing.

Cite this card

Entrance, Main Administration Block, Napsbury, postcard, c. 1915. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/entrance-main-administration-block-napsbury. Accessed October 5, 2026.