Henrico County, VA (66 items)

HENRICO COUNTY, VIRGINIA

66  items

Established:  1634

County seat: Richmond

1900 population: 115,112

Includes Richmond Independent City

Richmond  c.1880 3¢ Official stamped envelope (Money Order Business) on cover to Richmond, Va. from Indiana (perhaps Richmond Ind.?); c.1880 awful cds on cover “J.T. Ellyson, Bookseller and Stationer” corner; 1888 duplex on cover, “Atlantic & Virginia Fertilizing Co.” corner; 1898 duplex on cover, fancy “Chas. G. Jurgens’ Son, Furniture, Carpets” corner; 1913 machine cancel on post card; 1920 machine cancel on cover, “Virginia-Carolina Hardware Co.” corner; 1951 machine cancel on cover, “Sanders Brothers Co.” corner; 1968 machine cancel on cover; 1970 machine slogan “Give the United Way” on cover; 1972 machine slogan “National Children’s Dental Health Week” on cover; 1978 machine slogan “Always Use Zip Code” on cover.  

Post cards: Aerial view [linen]; Capital Square [c.1910]; “Capital Square and City Hall” [c.1930]; Central National Bank Building” [c.1930]; “Hotel John Marshall” [c.1950]; “Jefferson Hotel” [linen]; Jefferson Hotel, restored lobby [chrome]; “Hotel King Carter” [linen]; “Hotel Richmond” [2 views, one sepia, one 1923]; “Hotel Rueger” [linen]; Virginian Motel” [chrome]; White Hose Motor Lodge [linen]; “Richmond Civic Center” [linen]; “Oldest Masonic Building” [c.1910]; “St. John’s Church” [three views, c.1910. chrome, interior]; “St. Paul’s Church” [c.1910]; “St. Peter’s Church” [linen]; “Libby Prison” [1915]; John Marshall House [2 views]; James Monroe tomb [c.1930]; Lee Monument [four views]; Jefferson Davis Monument [linen];  “Edgar Allen Poe Shrine” [six views]; bridges [four views]; State Capitol” [six views]; Governors Mansion [4 views]; Capitol Rotunda statues [2 views]; “State Library” [linen, 1943]; “White House of the Confederacy” [two views]; Civil War related [3 views]

Rio Vista  (1886-1922) 1910 4-bar on post card

School  (1898-1933) 1913 4-bar on post card