Virginia Military Institute barracks and monument, Lexington, Virginia, circa 1940

Subjects: Military Branches & Training Camps Monuments & Memorials Schools & Universities
Card type: Linen
Date: c. 1930 (White Border)

Back of Virginia Military Institute barracks and monument, Lexington, Virginia, circa 1940, c. 1930 linen postcard — Back

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View across a lawn and clipped shrubs toward the crenellated barracks buildings of the Virginia Military Institute, with a stone monument on a blocky pedestal standing in the paved courtyard at center. VMI was founded in Lexington in 1839 as the nation's first state-supported military college, and its Gothic Revival barracks are a landmark of the town; the cadets famously fought at the 1864 Battle of New Market. The card's linen-era coloring shows the quadrangle in autumn, with ivy covering parts of the pale stone facades.

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PublisherThe Asheville Post Card Co.

L31 Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Va. --- VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE "THE WEST POINT OF THE SOUTH" LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA Founded in 1839, Virginia Military Institute has long been recognized as a splendid school. Stonewall Jackson, a professor there, became the military genius of the Confederacy. The services of the V. M. I. Cadets of the Battle of New Market has gone down in history as one of the outstanding military achievements of the Civil War. PUB. BY THE ASHEVILLE POST CARD CO., ASHEVILLE, N.C. POST CARD PLACE STAMP HERE MADE IN U.S.A. 81406

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Publisher	The Asheville Post Card Co.
Series	L31
Condition	Very good
Place depicted	Virginia Military Institute, VA
Place depicted	Lexington, VA
Place mentioned	Lexington, VA
Publisher	The Asheville Post Card Co., Asheville, NC
Notes	Linen-textured stock with visible crosshatch pattern; image runs to the edge with no white border. No postmark. Divided-back linen-texture card, ca. 1930s–1940s; "MADE IN U.S.A." imprint; unused and clean, light pencil "-3" at top.

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Virginia Military Institute barracks and monument, Lexington, Virginia, circa 1940, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/virginia-military-institute-barracks-and-monument-lexington. Accessed October 24, 2026.