Gamble's Hill Monument, (South Third St.), Richmond, Va.
Card Text (transcribed from postcard): Boulder Monument erected by the Assn. for the Preservation of Va. Antiquities in commemoration of the first visit of men of the Anglo-Saxon race, to the present site of Richmond. Here it was that Captain John Smith and a party of hardy adventurers, while on an expedition up the river from Jamestown, on June 10th, 1607, erected a cross and claimed the river and adjacent lands in the name of His Majesty James I of England.
Manufacturer: Southern Bargain House, Richmond, Va.
Date Postmarked: Not postmarked.
Rights: This item is in the public domain. Acknowledgement of the Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is requested.
Reference URL: scholarscompass.vcu.edu/postcard/425
Collection: Rarely Seen Richmond: Early twentieth century Richmond as seen through vintage postcards
Gamble's Hill Monument, (South Third St.), Richmond, Va.
Card Text (transcribed from postcard): Boulder Monument erected by the Assn. for the Preservation of Va. Antiquities in commemoration of the first visit of men of the Anglo-Saxon race, to the present site of Richmond. Here it was that Captain John Smith and a party of hardy adventurers, while on an expedition up the river from Jamestown, on June 10th, 1607, erected a cross and claimed the river and adjacent lands in the name of His Majesty James I of England.
Manufacturer: Southern Bargain House, Richmond, Va.
Date Postmarked: Not postmarked.
Rights: This item is in the public domain. Acknowledgement of the Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is requested.
Reference URL: scholarscompass.vcu.edu/postcard/425
Collection: Rarely Seen Richmond: Early twentieth century Richmond as seen through vintage postcards