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Galt's Mill, near Lynchburg, VA, 1914

Subjects
Bridges & DamsFactories & MillsRivers & Streams
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1914 (Golden Age)
Front of Galt's Mill, near Lynchburg, VA, 1914, Max Meadow, VA, USA, c. 1914 lithograph postcard
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Back of Galt's Mill, near Lynchburg, VA, 1914, Max Meadow, VA, USA, c. 1914 lithograph postcard
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About this postcard

A tall stone mill with a gabled roof stands beside a rocky stream, its lower wall washed by shallow water. A small arched bridge with a railing crosses the water in front of the mill, and bare, leafless trees frame the scene on both sides. Galt's Mill was a water-powered gristmill in the countryside outside Lynchburg, the sort of small operation that ground corn and wheat for surrounding farms and served as a gathering point for rural neighbors. The card was mailed in the summer of 1914, and the sender's note is a plain domestic report: she had been kept busy since coming home, nursing a foot she could not yet fit into a shoe, and had been too hurried to send a card from Roanoke.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Wonder what you are doing Was so hurried I didn’t have time to send you a card from R’ke. Am kept very busy since home eating and caring for my foot. Hope it soon gets well. I haven’t been able to wear my shoe since I came home. Sent a card from U. S. history exam. She made first grade remarks on that. Let me hear from you real soon. Sincerely, Edith

PublisherJ.P. Bell Company
GALT'S MILL, NEAR LYNCHBURG, VA.—(115)
PostmarkedNaffs, VA, July 29, 1914, 08:00
Stamp
Addressed to
Miss Anita Clark

Max Meadow, VA. R.F.D. c/o Mrs. Jas. Kelley

Postcard record

Postmarked, Naffs, VA
Series115
ConditionGood
Place addressedR.F.D., Anita Clark, Max Meadow, VA
Place mentionedLynchburg, VA
Stamp1c George Washington, green, issued 1909
NotesWhite border along the bottom carrying the printed caption; visible halftone dot texture typical of chromolithographic printing; light edge and corner wear. Postmark: NAFFS VA JUL 29 8 M 1914. Divided-back card with white border; color lithograph (stone/halftone texture); light soiling, edge wear and a few stains.

Cite this card

Galt's Mill, near Lynchburg, VA, 1914, postcard, c. 1914. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/galts-mill-near-lynchburg-va-1914. Accessed October 15, 2026.