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Cedar Grove Cottage Camp
Postcard showing the Cedar Grove Cottage Camp located three miles north of New Market Virginia. The site featured a coffee shop and service station. It was operated by F.N. McCormick and advertised "Monkey Faced Owls."
Mountain View Tourist Home and Tea Room
Postcard showing the Mountain View Tourist Home and Tea Room located on Lee Highway one mile east of New Market VA. The site featured a free garage, cabins, and campground and was operated by Mrs. F.L. Bingham.
Quiet Retreat
Postcard showing the "Quiet Retreat" Lodging House near New Market VA
Evergreen Fernery
Postcard showing the Evergreen Fernery located 1/4 mile north of New Market Virginia. The site had a large selection of tropical plants.
Battlefield Motel
Undated photographic postcard showing the Battlefield Motel located near New Market Virginia.
The card includes a description of the motel noting it featured controlled heat, tile baths, air conditioning, and free TV.
The operators at the…
The card includes a description of the motel noting it featured controlled heat, tile baths, air conditioning, and free TV.
The operators at the…
Pottery Mfrs. Exhibits Inc.
Postcard showing the Pottery Manufactures Exhibit building located near New Market Virginia.
Blue Ridge Motor Lodge
Postcard showing the Blue Ridge Motor Lodge located one mile north of New Market Virginia. The hotel boasted air conditioning and free TV. At the time the card was produced it was operated by Phil and Elsie Broeckel.
Blue Ridge Motor Lodge
Postcard showing the Blue Ridge Motor Lodge located one mile north of New Market Virginia. Owned at the time the card was produced by the Broeckel Brothers.
The Knoll Motor Court
Postcard showing the Knoll Motel located two miles north of New Market VA. The site boasted of tiled bath tubs and showers.
Passage Creek, Waterlick White Sulphur Springs, VA.
Postcard with a picture of Passage Creek near Waterlick Virginia.
Knoll Motel
Postcard showing the Knoll Motel, located two miles north of New Market Virginia. Site included a restaurant for guests and air conditioning.
Shirley's Hill, New Market VA
Postcard showing Shirley's Hill on the New Market Battlefield. Includes a description of the battle.
Point of Formation of Confederate Armies
Postcard showing Shirley Hill on the New Market Battlefield.
View from New Market to Depot
Postcard showing view of the town of New Market and the New Market Battlefield.
New Market, VA.- Battle-field, Engagement May 15, 1864
Postcard showing the the New Market Battlefield, part of the town of New Market Virginia, and the surrounding landscape.
East of New Market, Va., Showing Indian Hollow and Civil War Battlefield
Postcard showing a view of the New Market battlefield.
View of the Battlefield Looking East Showing Massamitten Mountain in the Background
Postcard showing the New Market Battlefield and Massanutten Mountain in the background.
Shirley's Hill
Postcard showing Shirley's Hill at the New Market Battlefield. It was from this location that cadets from the Virginia Military Institute charged.
Shirley's Hill
Postcard showing "Shirley's Hill" near the town of New Market Virginia.
The card's printed descriptor indicates that hill was the site of the noted charge by Virginia Military Institute Cades during the 1864 battle of New Market.
The card is…
The card's printed descriptor indicates that hill was the site of the noted charge by Virginia Military Institute Cades during the 1864 battle of New Market.
The card is…
View of Massenutten Mountains, Waterlick, White Sulphur Springs, VA.
Postcard with a picture of the Massanutten Mountains as shown from the Waterlick White Sulphur Springs Resort.
Battlefield House
Postcard showing a painting of the Bushong House owned and occupied by Jacob Bushong during the Battle of New Market. Includes a description of the house, history of the family, and an account of the battle.
Bushong House
Postcard showing the Bushong house located on the New Market Battlefield.
Bushong House-Battle
Postcard showing the Bushong House located on what is now the New Market Battlefield. The postcard is in color and was produced in 1906 by Henkel & Co., printers in New Market Virginia.
New Market Battlefield Park
Postcard showing an aerial view of the Bushong house located on the New Market Battlefield.
Charge of the VMI Cadets
Postcard showing a monument that marks the spot where VMI Cadets participated at the Battle of New Market.