Postcard Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTA-000339
Includes black-and-white and color postcards, most unsent.
Box 1 consists of images of campus and building exteriors and interiors.Some sets are present. Included are:
Exterior:
Aerial Shots (14);
Lateral View from Potomac (16);
Observatory Hill (3);
School of Nursing (St. Mary's) (1);
Medical Dental Building (1);
Old Medical School (10);
Front Gates (Old-5/First Remodel-5/New-3);
Georgetown University Hospital (New-3, Old-2);
Old North (6);
Dahlgren Chapel (11);
Copley Hall (1);
John Carroll Statue (8);
Old Athletic Field (6);
Ryan Hall (7);
White-Gravenor (1);
Ryan Gymnasium (Old) (5);
Healy Hall (39);
Dahlgren Quadrangle (7);
Observatory (6);
Walks (19);
Swimming Pool (2);
Old Law School (10);
Proposed Alumni Hall (6).
Interior:
Revolving Globe in Walsh (1);
Dahlgren Chapel (5);
Healy Hall;
Parlor Corridor (3);
Gaston Hall (5);
Riggs Memorial Library (2);
Georgetown University Hospital Chapel (1).
Box 2 contains postcards from Washington, D.C., Virginia, Maryland, other states and foreign countries. Included are:
Georgetown Neighborhood:
Corner of Wisconsin and O Street;
Old Stone House;
Chesapeake and Ohio (C & O) Canal;
Steam launch Batholdi on the Potomac River.
Washington D.C.:
Walter Reed Hospital;
Army and Navy Building;
Smithsonian Institution;
National Museum;
City- Aerial Shot;
Golden Parrot Restaurant;
Washington Monument;
Soldier’s Home;
Washington Retreat House.
Maryland:
Annapolis-St. Mary’s Catholic Church;
Annapolis-Christmas at Old St. Mary’s.
Bel Alton-Cornerstone of St. Ignatius’ Church at St. Thomas’ Manor;
Chapel Point on the Potomac (2).
Virginia:
Alexandria-Christ Church;
Alexandria-Interior of Christ Church
Mount Vernon-Entrance/Texas Gate;
Mount Vernon-Florida Room;
Mount Vernon-East View of Mansion;
Mount Vernon-Tomb of Washington;
Mount Vernon-Bowling Green Gate;
Mount Vernon-Banquet Hall;
Mount Vernon-Connecticut Room;
Mount Vernon-Martha Washington’s Sitting Room;
Mount Vernon-Martha Washington’s Bedroom;
Mount Vernon-George Washington’s Bedroom;
Mount Vernon-Garden and Servant’s Quarters;
Mount Vernon-Old Tomb;
Mount Vernon-North View of the Mansion;
Mount Vernon-Washington and Lafayette at the Mansion;
Mount Vernon-West View of the Mansion;
Mount Vernon-West Parlor;
Mount Vernon-District of Columbia Room;
Mount Vernon-Music Room;
Mount Vernon-West Virginia Room;
Pohick: Pohick Church;
Richmond: Cathedral of the Sacred Heart;
Richmond:Libby Prison.
Connecticut:
Keyser Island;
New Haven-Osborn Hall;
New Haven-Yale University;
South Norwalk-The Xavier;
South Norwalk-The Gonzaga;
South Norwalk-The Chapel.
Illinois:
Danville-Young Women’s Christian Association;
Danville-St. James M. E. Church;
Danville-West Main Street;
Danville-Hotel Wolford;
Danville-Vermilion County Courthouse;
Chicago-Fort Dearborn.
Maine:
Fryeburg-The Doughnut Tree.
Massachusetts:
Boston-Boston College.
New York:
New York City-St. Patrick’s Cathedral;
New York City-Washington Bridge;
Hudson River-Storm King Mountain.
Ohio:
Columbus-Sheraton-Columbus Motor Hotel (3)
Pennsylvania:
Philadelphia-College of Chestnut Hill.
South Carolina:
Mount Holly-Medway Plantation.
Washington (State):
East Slope Cascade Mountains-Pacific Railroad;
Hillyard-Mount St. Michael’s (2);
Port Townsend- Manresa Hall.
West Virginia:
Harpers Ferry-St. Peter’s Catholic Church;
Wheeling-Mount de Chantal Academy.
Wyoming:
Wheatland-City Hall;
Wheatland-Gilcrest Avenue.
International:
Austria-Vienna-Jesuit Church (outside)and Jesuit Church (inside);
Canada-Montreal-Loyola College (3);
China-Shanghai-Broadway Mansions Hotel;
England-London-Christmas Icon Card;
Germany-Black Forest-Buhlerhohe Hotel (4);
Italy-Florence-Steeple of Giotto;
Italy-Rome-Galleria Corsini;
Italy-Rome-Pinacoteca Vaticana (Paintings – 2);
Italy-Rome-Chiesa di S. Ignazio (fresco);
Italy-Rome-Chiesa di S. Ignazio (outside);
Italy-Rome-Inside of Gesu Church (by Vignola);
Italy-Rome-Gesu II Church (façade);
Italy-Rome-Altar of St. Ignatius inside Gesu Church;
Italy-Rome-Urn of St. Roberto Bellarmino inside the St. Ignatius Church;
Japan-set "Japan After Quake of September 1, 1923";
Spain-Loyola-Basque Country-Santa Casa de Loyola.
Other:
Roman Pontiffs (6 Sets).
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0.5 Linear Feet
English
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