The First National Bank Building stands at the corner of 10th and Main Streets in Lynchburg, Virginia, a classical facade with tall columns, a pediment, and the bank’s name carved across the entablature. An American flag flies from a pole on the roof. In the street below, a green open touring car with a driver and passengers passes pedestrians in early 20th-century dress on the sidewalk. The scene catches downtown Lynchburg in the early automobile age, when open cars shared the commercial streets with foot traffic.
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pen
Your cards received I intend
ed sending you a card
long ago but every thing
was in such a brush
after Xmas. I heard you all
were having a big
spent a right
I suppose
after "every body" for
1,10,11.
Chromolithograph with stippled color texture; thin margin at edges; small dark specks and light stains in the sky and near lower center; corners show wear.
Postmark: LYNCHBURG VA JAN 11 6:30 PM 1909. Divided-back card, M. Kirby & Co. imprint (A-6737). Message written sideways in pen; light soiling and edge wear. Address locality first written lightly as Cartersville, then rewritten in darker ink.
Cite this card
First National Bank Building, Lynchburg, VA, 1909, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/first-national-bank-building-lynchburg-va-1909. Accessed November 2, 2026.
