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High School, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1913

Subject
Schools & Universities
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1913 (Golden Age)
Front of High School, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1913, Mr. Loyd Ingwood, VA, USA, c. 1913 lithograph postcard
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Back of High School, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1913, Mr. Loyd Ingwood, VA, USA, c. 1913 lithograph postcard
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About this postcard

A large brick high school stands behind a lawn and sidewalk, its three-story Victorian-era facade detailed with arched windows, gabled dormers, iron roof finials, and two deep round-arched entrance porches reached by steps. The building's scale reflects Lynchburg's late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century investment in public education, when the city's growing high school system occupied substantial masonry buildings designed as civic landmarks. By the 1910s, Lynchburg was a rail and manufacturing center, and its public schools formed part of the city's civic infrastructure.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Hello Loyd, Your nice card. rec'd. O.K. Was glad to hear from you. Are you going to school now? Katie hasn't written to me yet. Be good & ans. soon. Sincerely Mae.

PublisherThe Leighton & Valentine Co.
High School, Lynchburg, Va. --- POST CARD FAMOUS QUALITY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD TRADE MARK Address Only The Leighton & Valentine Co., N.Y. City. Printed in United States. 203,533
PostmarkedLynchburg, VA, February 28, 1913
Stamp
Addressed to
Mr. Loyd Ingwood

Rute. No 7 Bedford City, VA

Postcard record

Postmarked, Lynchburg, VA
PublisherThe Leighton & Valentine Co.
Series203,533
ConditionGood
Place addressedMr. Loyd Ingwood, Rute. No 7, Bedford City, VA
PublisherThe Leighton & Valentine Co., New York, NY
Stamp10c Benjamin Franklin, green, perforated on all sides
Stampunknown unidentified portrait (torn away), perforated
NotesThin dark rule border; printed number 203,533 in lower left corner; light soiling and discoloration along the top edge. Postmark: LYNCHBURG VA FEB 28 1913. Divided-back era (post-1907); 1¢ green Franklin adhesive stamp; Leighton & Valentine imprint; card toned/soiled with foxing, stamp torn at right edge.

Cite this card

High School, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1913, postcard, c. 1913. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/high-school-lynchburg-virginia-1913. Accessed November 2, 2026.