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[Postcard of Women in Military Service for America Memorial #1]

Description: Postcard featuring a photograph of dogwood trees blooming around the Women in Military Service for America Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery.
Date: unknown
Creator: Women in Military Service for America Foundation, Inc.
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

The Chapel at Hampton Institute

Description: Color postcard depicting the Chapel at Hampton Institute. It is a brick building with a tall bell tower. The date 9-22-07 is hand written on the front. Information on the back reads, "The Chapel at Hampton Institute. The Memorial Chapel dedicated in May 1886 was a gift of the Frederick L. Marquand Estate. It is a perfect specimen of Italian Romanesque architecture and is built of red brick outside while the interior is cream brick." It is addressed to Miss Rosa Bassano, Paris, Tex. It is post… more
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of Joe E. Haynes

Sherwood Inn, Fortress Monroe, Va.

Description: Photo postcard of the Sherwood Inn of Fortress Monroe, Virginia. The four-story building is on a street corner. It has a front porch with a balcony above it, a round turret on its left, many brick chimneys, and awnings on the windows. Handwritten on the front, "9-21-07. Home ain't nothing like this - C.F.C." It is addressed to Miss Rosa Bassano, S. Mill St., Paris, Tex. It is postmarked Fortress Monreo, Va. on Sept 21, 1907.
Date: unknown
Creator: Cheyne, C.E.
Partner: Private Collection of Joe E. Haynes

[Postcard of Stuart Hall in Staunton, Va.]

Description: Postcard of a manilla-colored four story building obscured by a treeline. Stuart Hall's history is written as follows, "Stuart Hall is a new name given to the Virginia Female Institute of Staunton. It was founded in 1848, and is one of the oldest educational institutions for girls in the country. There are four massive buildings, surrounded by about four acres of beautiful land, located on an elevation of 1,450 feet above the sea level, and midway between the picturesque James and Shenandoah Ri… more
Date: August 22, 1907
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

[Postcard of Hotel Roanoke]

Description: Postcard of a large brick estate with over four floors, described as "Hotel Roanoke, Roanoke, Virginia A Modern Air Conditioned Version of an Old English Inn." The note around the border reads, "Mathew and I spent the night here Saturday Sept. 27th 1941 on 1st night stop from Baltimore, Md. to Beaumont." The back of the postcard adds, "A modern air-conditioned 325 room version of an old English Inn, set in the midst of its own ten-acre park, in the heart of the city. A 100-car garage connects d… more
Date: unknown
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

[Postcard of Grand Caverns Inn]

Description: Postcard of the two story inn with green tiled roofing, one chimney, and green fencing around the porch, where cobblestones form a walkway to the entrance.
Date: unknown
Creator: Artchrom
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

[Postcard of Drawing Room of Gunston Hall]

Description: Postcard of a marble fireplace with a mantle and two sets of shelves built into the wall with two tables and a lamp set on each.
Date: unknown
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

[Postcard of South Front of Gunston Hall]

Description: Postcard of a circular pond in front of hedges trimmed to make a walkway between them, bushes obscuring the two story house with four chimneys.
Date: unknown
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

[Postcard of Carter Hall]

Description: Postcard of a two story building with six columns supporting the top balcony. The message is illegible. The postcard is addressed to "Mrs. Caroll Ward McFaddin Ave. Beaumont, Texas."
Date: June 7, 1933
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

[Postcard of Mount Vernon]

Description: Postcard of a two story white colonial house with two chimneys and two balconies braced by 8 white columns.
Date: unknown
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

[Postcard of Bremo House]

Description: Postcard of a small house with one chimney. On the back, it is described at length, "Quaint adobe house on the Bremo Estate. The mansion on the hill above was designed by Thomas Jefferson for General John Hartwell Cocke...."
Date: unknown
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

[Postcard of Grand Caverns of Grand Canyon]

Description: Postcard of stalagmites and stalactites in a cavern, described on the back of the postcard as "The perpendicular walls here rise to a height of 90 ft. with a depth of over 300 ft., making a scene of unparalleled grandeur and beauty, 200 ft. below the surface at this point."
Date: unknown
Creator: Commercial Chrome
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

[Postcard of General Shelby Hotel]

Description: Postcard of a brick building with eight stories, described as "General Shelby Hotel, Bristol, Virginia-Tennessee." The message around the border is illegible.
Date: unknown
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

[Postcard of East Wing of Bremo]

Description: Postcard of an entrance supported by four columns and staircase. On the back, the postcard is described as follows - "Mansion and East Wing of Bremo, designed by Thomas Jefferson for John Hartwell Cocke and built 1815-1819."
Date: unknown
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum
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