Before there was television, mass photography, and social media there were postcards.
Starting in the early 20th century they became popular forms of communication. Over the next few decades the became primarily associated with tourism as…
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.
Photographic postcard with an image of the "Bingham's Tourist Home and Tea Room." The business included lodging, cabins, a tea room, and service station. The home still stands.
The site is located along US Route 211 approximately 1 mile east of…
Postcard showing the Klindt's Mountain Top Cabin Camp and Retaurant located at the summit of Lee Highway on Massanutten Mountain between Luray and New Market Virginia.
This photograph shows what was the Gulf Gasoline Station in New Market Virginia. Taken by Mt. Jackson photographer Hoyle Garber, the photograph was most likely used to market the service station when it opened in the late 1940s. Pictured are two…
Color postcard bearing a photograph of a railroad bridge crossing Cedar Creek. The railroad bridge in the image is located west of the Town of Strasburg.
The card was produced by G.F. Norton Publishing Company of Winchester Virginia in 1909.