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Main Building, Miller Orphanage, Lynchburg, VA, 1911

Subject
Hospitals & Sanatoria
Card type
Printed photo
Date
c. 1911 (Golden Age)
Front of Main Building, Miller Orphanage, Lynchburg, VA, 1911, Ethel Bradley, VA, USA, c. 1911 printed photo postcard
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Back of Main Building, Miller Orphanage, Lynchburg, VA, 1911, Ethel Bradley, VA, USA, c. 1911 printed photo postcard
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About this postcard

Black-and-white view of the large four-story brick main building of the Miller Orphanage, with two square towers flanking a central arched entrance reached by a double stairway. The building stands on a broad lawn planted with small shrubs and bare deciduous trees.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Bess, Mrs. Henning and I went out here Mon. evening It is surely a beautiful place. There are 80 children there. Alma.

PublisherJ. P. Bell Company
Main Building, Miller Orphanage. Lynchburg, Va.
PostmarkedLynchburg, VA, June 13, 1911, 20:00
Stamp
Addressed to
Ethel Bradley

619 N. 25th St. Richmond, VA

Postcard record

Postmarked, Lynchburg, VA
PublisherJ. P. Bell Company
SeriesNo. A-183
ConditionGood
Place addressedEthel Bradley, 619 N. 25th St., Richmond, VA
Place mentionedGermany, Germany
Stamp1c George Washington, green, issued 1909
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, perforated on all sides
NotesBlack-and-white halftone print with a white margin at the bottom carrying the printed caption; card shows edge and corner wear, surface staining and spotting, especially in the sky area. Postmark: LYNCHBURG VA JUN 13 8 PM 1911. Undivided back ('THIS SIDE IS FOR THE ADDRESS ONLY'); white border; Excelsior (N.Y./Leipzig/Dresden/Berlin) imprint; English message in script; light edge wear.

Cite this card

Main Building, Miller Orphanage, Lynchburg, VA, 1911, postcard, c. 1911. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/main-building-miller-orphanage-lynchburg-va-1911. Accessed November 2, 2026.