The view looks down a wide dirt street in Amherst Court House (now Amherst), the seat of Amherst County in Virginia's Piedmont. Frame commercial buildings with red and gray roofs line the road, including a storefront with a covered porch, and shade trees and horse-drawn wagons and buggies fill the scene. The town's older name, Amherst Court House, was still common on postcards of the period.
The message is a chatty invitation to Mattie in Bridgewater, asking her to come for a visit and teasing her to "feed the calves and come along."
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pen
Dear old girl, How are you this morn? We are fixing to wash. I guess you are too. I hope that you all had a fine time at the chimneys, wish I could have been with you, but I had to come home to help Bertie wash. Say Mattie I want you to be sure and come down Sat eve. If you don't we will be disappointed. Tell Emma to feed the calves and come along Ha!
This card is a little out of date
your Mattie
Say Mattie, I guess that mad spell is over now, come over to us soon again. I am awfully glad the next turn is ours.
Color lithograph with no white border; handwritten message in purple ink across the lower front and over the back. Divided back; printed and published by J. P. Bell Co., Lynchburg, VA. Postmark dated JUN 22 1910, 12 M (town illegible); 1-cent Franklin stamp; pencil dealer notation 'SLP $6' at top; light edge/corner wear and slight soiling.
Cite this card
Street scene, Amherst Court House, VA, 1910, postcard, c. 1910. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/street-scene-amherst-court-house-va-1910. Accessed November 2, 2026.
