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First Presbyterian Church, Lynchburg, VA, 1909

Subjects
AdvertisingChristianityChurches
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1909 (Golden Age)
Front of First Presbyterian Church, Lynchburg, VA, 1909, Mrs Lillie Shaner, NJ, USA, c. 1909 lithograph postcard
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Back of First Presbyterian Church, Lynchburg, VA, 1909, Mrs Lillie Shaner, NJ, USA, c. 1909 lithograph postcard
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About this postcard

A color view of the First Presbyterian Church in Lynchburg, Virginia, dominated by its square stone bell tower, which rises into a pointed spire with corner pinnacles. A gabled facade with a rose window sits above a three-arch entrance porch, with a small stone monument at the left foreground and a leafy tree at the right. The congregation was organized in the early nineteenth century and built this Romanesque sanctuary on Court Street in the 1890s, one of several downtown Lynchburg churches clustered within a few blocks of one another.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Dear Aunt- Lillie We recd many thanks am glad you are having a nice time, all are well + and love. remember us to your friends, Gladys

PublisherSouvenir Post Card Co.
13584 — First Presbyterian Church, Lynchburg, Va. --- Post Card THIS SIDE FOR THE ADDRESS THE INSURANCE POST CARD Issued in connection with $500 Limited Accident Policy of United States Casualty Company, New York. This card is P. C. Number shown in lower left hand corner. PAT. MAY 14, 1907. POSTAL INSURANCE CORPORATION, LYNCHBURG, VA. Souvenir Post Card Co. New York and Berlin. No 172433
PostmarkedLynchburg, VA
Stamp
Addressed to
Mrs Lillie Shaner

Sothurn Hotel Va.Ave Atlantic City, NJ

Postcard record

PostmarkedLynchburg, VA
PublisherSouvenir Post Card Co.
SeriesNo 172433
ConditionVery good
Place addressedMrs Lillie Shaner, Va.Ave, Sothurn Hotel, Atlantic City, NJ
PublisherSouvenir Post Card Co., New York, NY
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1902, perforated vertical sides only
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, perforated on all sides
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1906
NotesWhite margin at right carrying a handwritten message; printed caption in red; card number 13584; slight edge and corner wear. Postmark: LYNCHBURG AUG 9 12-30P 9 VA. (year "9" in cancel). Undivided back with "THIS SIDE FOR THE ADDRESS"; red "THE INSURANCE POST CARD" promo box with "PAT. MAY 14, 1907"; 1¢ Franklin stamp; light toning and edge wear. Message originally included a word (apparently "postal") after "recd"; struck through by the writer.

Cite this card

First Presbyterian Church, Lynchburg, VA, 1909, postcard, c. 1909. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/first-presbyterian-church-lynchburg-va-1909-1909. Accessed November 3, 2026.