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Geo. D. Witt Shoe Co. factory and warehouse views, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1907

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AdvertisingFactories & MillsManufacturing
Card type
Lithograph
Front of Geo. D. Witt Shoe Co. factory and warehouse views, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1907, lithograph postcard
Front
Back of Geo. D. Witt Shoe Co. factory and warehouse views, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1907, lithograph postcard
Back

About this subject

Ornate advertising card for the Geo. D. Witt Shoe Co. of Lynchburg, Virginia, with four vignettes of the firm's brick factory and warehouse buildings framed in gold scrollwork on a dark ground. Text announces the company's brands and its 1878-1907 anniversary.

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SOUVENIR FROM JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION. WHERE FAMOUS BRANDS OF THE Geo. D. Witt Shoe Co. ARE MADE AND DISTRIBUTED LYNCHBURG, VA. U.S.A. ROGER WAREHOUSE CAPACITY 10,000 PAIRS A DAY 9TH STREET FACTORY CAPACITY 3,000 PAIRS A DAY WHOLESALE DEPARTMENT, 22, 24, 26, 28, 9TH STREET 1878 TWENTY-NINE YEARS OF UNINTERRUPTED PROGRESS 1907 --- POST CARD THIS SIDE FOR ADDRESS PLACE ONE CENT STAMP HERE
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ConditionVery good
Place depictedLynchburg, VA
Place mentionedJamestown, VA
NotesUndivided-back era advertising card; no white border, ornate lithographed gold-and-black frame; light edge wear and slight discoloration at margins. No postmark. Undivided back ("THIS SIDE FOR ADDRESS"), one-cent stamp box; pink card stock; faint pencil "10-" dealer mark at top left; light wear/soiling at corners.

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Geo. D. Witt Shoe Co. factory and warehouse views, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1907, postcard, n.d.. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/geo-d-witt-shoe-co-factory-and-warehouse-views-lynchburg-vir. Accessed October 5, 2026.