Amon Carter print details

Natural Bridge, Va

Object Details

  • Date

    ca. 1940

  • Object Type

    Photographs

  • Medium

    Halftone print

  • Contributors

    Printed by Tichnor Brothers, Inc.

  • Object Format

    Postcard

  • Dimensions

    5 5/16 x 3 5/16 in.

  • Inscriptions

    Recto:

    u.c. printed: Natural Bridge, Va. 1

    Verso [vertical]:

    u.l. printed: NATURAL BRIDGE -- One of the Seven Natural \ Wonders of the World. There is no other structure like it. \ The Lee Highway, U.S. No.11 passes over Natural Bridge. \ It is higher by 55 feet than Niagara Falls. The mean height \ of the bridge from the stream below to its upper surface is \ 215 feet, it has a span of 90 feet between the walls width \ averages 100 feet and the arch is 40 feet thick. \ Hotel and cottage accomodations. Open all year. \ Illumination every night.

    u.c. [stamp]: NATURAL BRIDGE \ SEP 8 \ 7 - \ 1941 \ VA.

    c.l. printed along left edge: NATURAL BRIDGE OF VIRGINIA, INC.

    c.l. to l.c. in ink: 5/7/41 Dear \ Just down here \ on a week end \ trip. a grand place \ were here last year \ on the way home from \ N.Y. why don't you write, our operator \ is off night duty at \ present. Many happy \ returns for next Sat - \ the 13th Lots of Love \ Allen

    l.l. printed: 69984

    c.r. in ink: Mrs. Gertrude L. Schaeffer \ 4506 - E - 26th Ave \ Denver \ Colorado

  • Collection Name

    Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    P1976.48.1274

  • Copyright

    Public domain

Additional details

Location: Off view
Part of: Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection

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