Main Street looking west from Eleventh Street, Richmond, Virginia, circa 1907

Subjects: Commercial Buildings Street Scenes Town & City Views
Card type: Lithograph
Date: c. 1902 (Early)

Back of Main Street looking west from Eleventh Street, Richmond, Virginia, circa 1907, c. 1902 lithograph postcard — Back

About this postcard

A tinted street view looks west along Main Street from Eleventh Street in Richmond, Virginia, with trolley tracks running down the cobbled roadway, horse-drawn wagons and carriages in the street, and pedestrians in early-1900s dress on both sidewalks. Tall commercial blocks line the street, including a building lettered "IMPORTERS & JOBBERS" and "AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK" rising behind it. Main Street was Richmond's principal wholesale and financial thoroughfare in this period, lined with jobbing houses, banks and offices near the Capitol district.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

from Papa Sept' 1907

PublisherRaphael Tuck & Sons

RICHMOND, Va. Main St., Looking West from Eleventh St, --- Raphael Tuck & Sons' Post Card Series No 2396, "Richmond, Va." ART PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING AND QUEEN. POST CARD. THE ADDRESS TO BE WRITTEN ON THIS SIDE. MAIN ST., LOOKING WEST FROM ELEVENTH ST. Main Street, as its name implies, is the principal business thoroughfare of the city. It is wide, well-paved, and lined with handsome, substantial business structures. The most prominent buildings on Main Street are the Chamber of Commerce, the Custom-House, and Post Office. Printed in Germany.

PostmarkedAmesbury, MA, September 3, 1907, 08:30

Addressed to

Charlotte Harrett

Amesbury, Mass.

Postcard record

Postmarked	September 3, 1907, 08:30, Amesbury, MA
Publisher	Raphael Tuck & Sons
Condition	Fair
Place mentioned	Richmond, VA
Stamp	1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1902, perforated on all sides
Notes	Light border along the bottom carrying the printed caption; large dark scuff/ink loss and a white abrasion in the sky area; handwritten note in the lower right margin. Undivided-back era (1907). Postmark: AMESBURY SEP 3 1907 8:30 AM. Undivided back; Raphael Tuck & Sons' Post Card Series No. 2396 imprint, printed in Germany; white border on front; card toned and soiled with edge wear and a few surface scuffs.

Cite this card

Main Street looking west from Eleventh Street, Richmond, Virginia, circa 1907, postcard, c. 1902. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/main-street-looking-west-from-eleventh-street-richmond-virgi-1907. Accessed October 25, 2026.