Mount Vernon, Washington's Home

Original Vintage Card

Price: $9.95

Stock #:

720776

Type:

Postcard

Era:

Divided Back

City:

Mount Vernon

State:

Virginia (VA)

County:

Fairfax

Publisher:

Jno. F. Draughon

Postmark:

1909 Apr-27

Postmark City:

Casey

Postmark State:

Ill.

Stamp:

Size:

3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)

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Built in 1743, of wood, cut and painted to resemble stone' located on the Virginia shore of the Potomac, 16 miles south of Washington, D.C. The shaded lawns, deer park, gardens and orchards are on the acreage that constituted George Washington's farm.

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MOUNT VERNON, WASHINGTON'S HOME. Built, in 1743, of wood, cut and painted to resemble stone; located on the Virginia shore of the Potomac, 16 miles south of Washington; has shaded lawns, deer park, gardens and orchards, and lying about it are the acres that constituted Washington's farm. Washington's tomb is near the mansion. Patriotic women have preserved the house and grounds as left by their illustrious owner. The bedrooms, with their four-posters and other quaint furniture of the long ago, are cared for just as when they served the family of the Father of our Country Photogranbed for literature of Drauch

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