United States Government Pier, Jamestown Exposition, Norfolk, Virginia, 1907

Subjects: Ships & Boats Waterfronts & Harbors World's Fairs & Expositions
Card type: Government postal card
Date: c. 1907 (Golden Age)

Back of United States Government Pier, Jamestown Exposition, Norfolk, Virginia, 1907, Charlotte Bassett, MA, USA, c. 1907 postal card postcard — Back

About this postcard

A tinted view of the United States Government Pier at the 1907 Jamestown Exposition: two tall domed and colonnaded towers flank a lagoon spanned by an arched bridge, with a warship steaming in the foreground, a small excursion steamer at right, sailboats and gondola-like craft on the water, and an airship and balloon floating in the dark sky above a long range of exposition buildings. The Jamestown Ter-Centennial Exposition of 1907 was held at Sewell's Point on Hampton Roads near Norfolk, Virginia, marking the 300th anniversary of the founding of the Jamestown colony; its grounds mixed Beaux-Arts exhibition palaces with a naval and military emphasis, and the Government Pier area displayed ships and equipment of the United States government.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

from Papa Sept 3 1907

PublisherThe Jamestown Amusement & Vending Co., Inc.

Richard H. Harwood UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PIER, JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION, 1907. COPYRIGHT 1907 BY JAMESTOWN A. & V. CO. AMERICAN COLORTYPE CO. N. Y. --- JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION 1607 1907 / COPYRIGHT 1908 JAMESTOWN CO. 1607 JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION—1907 OFFICIAL SOUVENIR POST CARD OFFICIAL SEAL PUBLISHED BY THE CONESSIONAIRE, THE JAMESTOWN AMUSEMENT & VENDING CO., INC., NORFOLK, VA. FOR COMMUNICATION THIS SPACE MAY BE USED FOR ADDRESS ONLY No. 110. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PIER, JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION, 1907. This grand and beautiful structure erected by the United States Government, under an appropriation of $400,000 for that specific purpose, encloses a water-space in its grand basin of two hundred and eighty acres.

PostmarkedNorfolk, VA, September 3, 1907

Addressed to

Charlotte Bassett

Amesbury, MA

Postcard record

Postmarked	September 3, 1907, Norfolk, VA
Publisher	The Jamestown Amusement & Vending Co., Inc.
Condition	Good
Place addressed	Charlotte Bassett, Amesbury, MA
Place mentioned	Jamestown Exposition, Jamestown, VA
Stamp	1c Capt. John Smith, green, issued 1907
Notes	White border; chromolithograph with a printed artist signature at lower left and copyright/printer lines at lower right; light edge and corner wear with minor soiling at the bottom margin. Postmark: NORFOLK VA SEP 3 1907 AM. Divided-back official souvenir card with imprinted 1¢ Jamestown stamp; light edge wear and album residue at corners.

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United States Government Pier, Jamestown Exposition, Norfolk, Virginia, 1907, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/united-states-government-pier-jamestown-exposition-norfolk-v. Accessed October 25, 2026.