Postcard from Washington and Lee University
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Creator: Albertype Company, The
Form/Genre: Postcard
Date: 1940s
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 192, Box 542, Folder: 12
Postcard from Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, where United States National Museum collections were transferred for safekeeping during World War II. Postcard includes handwritten note indicating location of the library, and back of the card included this note: "Steel and concrete building with brick veneer. Tin roof. Storage space offered: Part of locked stack. Second floor."
Washington and Lee University
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Presumably the postcard was shot prior to 1944, because there were collections stored in another location (Luray, Virginia, near Shenandoah National Park) by that time.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 192, Box 542, Folder: 12
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
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Color: Black and White; Size: 5 1/2 x 3 1/2; Type of Image: Aerial; Medium: Postcard