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Mount Vernon mansion, Virginia, circa 1955

Subjects
PatrioticResidences
Card type
Chrome
Date
c. 1945 (Linen)
Front of Mount Vernon mansion, Virginia, circa 1955, c. 1945 chrome postcard
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Back of Mount Vernon mansion, Virginia, circa 1955, c. 1945 chrome postcard
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The east front of the Mount Vernon mansion is shown across a broad lawn, with its white clapboard siding, red roof, columned piazza, cupola and brick chimneys framed by large trees; a colonnade connects the house to the dependency buildings at right. Mount Vernon was the plantation home of George Washington overlooking the Potomac River in Fairfax County, Virginia. The present house, largely rebuilt by Washington from 1758 onward, was saved and restored by the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association beginning in 1858 and is today a historic house museum.

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PublisherMayer Post Card Co.
HOME OF WASHINGTON Mt. Vernon, Va. On the Virginia shore of the Potomac 16 miles south of Washington, D. C. our first President lived and died. It now is maintained by liberty loving Ameri- cans as a permanent memorial to the father of our country. P472 Plastichrome ® by COLOURPICTURE PUBLISHERS, INC., Boston 15, Mass., U.S.A. POST CARD PUT STAMP HERE Pub. by Mayer Post Card Co., 2234 Maiden Lane, S.W., Roanoke, Va.
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PublisherMayer Post Card Co.
ConditionVery good
Place depictedMount Vernon, VA
NotesChrome-era color photo postcard with a thin white border; light edge wear at corners. No postmark; unused divided-back chrome postcard. Printed caption and publisher imprint; no handwriting.

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Mount Vernon mansion, Virginia, circa 1955, postcard, c. 1945. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/mount-vernon-mansion-virginia-circa-1955. Accessed October 25, 2026.