Street scene, Amherst Court House, Virginia, circa 1910

Subjects: Horses Street Scenes Town & City Views
Card type: Lithograph
Date: c. 1907 (Golden Age)

Back of Street scene, Amherst Court House, Virginia, circa 1910, Mattie Click, VA, USA, c. 1907 lithograph postcard — Back

About this postcard

The picture shows a wide dirt street in Amherst Court House (now Amherst), Virginia, lined with frame commercial buildings with red and gray roofs, a storefront with a covered porch, shade trees, and horse-drawn wagons and buggies standing in the road. Amherst is the county seat of Amherst County in the Virginia Piedmont, and the caption uses the town's older name, Amherst Court House, common on cards of this era. The color lithograph view captures the unpaved main street as it appeared in the early twentieth century.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Dear old [illegible] [illegible] are fixing [illegible] I guess you are [illegible]. I that yours [illegible] a fine [illegible] and have the chimneys [illegible] but I been with you. But I home to help Berti [illegible] Mattie I want your [illegible] be sure and come [illegible] don't [illegible] [illegible] disappoint [illegible] Tell Emma to [illegible] the calves [illegible] and [illegible] along Ha! This card is a little out of date your Mattie

PostmarkedLynchburg, VA

Addressed to

Mattie Click

Bridgewater, Virginia

Postcard record

Postmarked	Lynchburg, VA
Series	305
Condition	Fair
Place addressed	Mattie Click, Bridgewater, VA
Stamp	1c Benjamin Franklin, Scott #300, green, issued 1903
Notes	Undivided-back era card; handwritten message written across the lower front; no white border; color lithograph with visible halftone/stone texture. Postmark: LYNCHBURG VA 12 M 1910. Divided-back card with purple-ink handwriting; printed and published by J. P. Bell Co., Lynchburg, VA; light edge/corner wear and slight soiling.

Cite this card

Street scene, Amherst Court House, Virginia, circa 1910, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/street-scene-amherst-court-house-virginia-circa-1910. Accessed October 22, 2026.